oinniún
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish uinniún,[2] uinneman,[3] from Old French oignon, from Latin ūniō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɪˈnʲuːn̪ˠ/[4]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈin̠ʲuːnˠ/[5]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʌn̠ʲənʲ/[6]
Noun
[edit]oinniún m (genitive singular oinniúin, nominative plural oinniúin)
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- oinniún fiáin m (“wild onion”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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oinniún | n-oinniún | hoinniún | t-oinniún |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ “oinniún”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uinniún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uinneman”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 10, page 17
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 142
- ^ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979) Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 285
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oinniún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN