iontas

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish ingantus,[1] from the same root as ingnad (modern ionadh), from in- (negative) + gnáth (“customary, usual”), from Proto-Celtic *gnātos (“known, usual”), from Proto-Indo-European *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/ (as if spelled íontas)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈiːn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/[2] (as if spelled íontas); /ˈeːn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/, (older) /ˈɤːn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/[3][4] (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:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative iontas iontais
Vocative a iontais a iontasa
Genitive iontais iontas
Dative iontas iontais

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-iontas na hiontais
Genitive an iontais na n-iontas
Dative leis an iontas

don iontas

 leis na hiontais

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • cuir iontas ar (“to surprise”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
iontas n-iontas hiontas t-iontas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ingantus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 303, page 107
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 70, page 30
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 452, page 146

Further reading
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