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iontas
iontas
Irish
Alternative forms
- iongantas (obsolete)
Noun
iontas m (genitive singular iontais, nominative plural iontais)
- wonder
- Níl iontas orm.
- I’m not surprised.
- Tháinig iontas orm.
- I became surprised.
- Níl iontas orm.
Declension
Declension of iontas
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- cuir iontas ar (“to surprise”)
Synonyms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with 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
- “ingantus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “iongantas” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "iontas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal, page 30, 107, 146.