iontas

Irish

Alternative forms

• iongantas (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish ingantus, from the same root as ingnad (modern ionadh), from Proto-Celtic *angnātos (“unknown, obscure”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥- (“not”) + *ǵn̥h₃-tós, past participle of *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic iongantas and Manx yindys.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈuːn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/ (as if spelled úntas)
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈiːn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/, /ˈiən̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/ (as if spelled íontas or iantas)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈiːn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/ (as if spelled íontas); /ˈeːn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/, (older) /ˈɤːn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/ (as if spelled adhantas)

Noun

iontas m (genitive singular iontais, nominative plural iontais)

1. wonder

   Níl iontas orm.

   I’m not surprised.

   Tháinig iontas orm.

   I became surprised.

Declension

Declension of iontas (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative iontas iontais vocative a iontais a iontasa genitive iontais iontas dative iontas iontais forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-iontas na hiontais genitive an iontais na n-iontas dative leis an iontas don iontas leis na hiontais

Synonyms

• ionadh

Derived terms

• cuir iontas ar (“to surprise”)

Related terms

• iontach

Mutation

Mutated forms of iontas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iontas	n-iontas	hiontas	t-iontas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

References

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “iongantas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 407
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iontas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN