iongantach
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Irish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]iongantach
- Superseded spelling of iontach (“wonderful”).
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
iongantach | n-iongantach | hiongantach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish ingantach (“wonderful”), from ingnad (compare modern iongnadh).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]iongantach (comparative iongantaiche)
- wonderful, amazing
- Tha i ann am fonn iongantach. ― She's in a wonderful mood.
- surprising
- 'S iongantach an car a thig an cois a' chogaidh. ― Strange fortunes come in the wake of war.
- extraordinary
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ingantach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap