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oinniún

oinniún

Irish

oinniún

Noun

oinniún m ‎(genitive singular oinniúin, nominative plural oinniúin)

onion

Declension

Declension of oinniún

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oinniún	oinniúin
Vocative	a oinniúin	a oinniúna
Genitive	oinniúin	oinniún
Dative	oinniún	oinniúin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-oinniún	na hoinniúin
Genitive	an oinniúin	na n-oinniún
Dative	leis an oinniún don oinniún	leis na hoinniúin

Derived terms

oinniún fiáin m ‎(“wild onion”)
sloigín oinniún m, trilseán oinniún m ‎(“string of onions”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oinniún	n-oinniún	hoinniún	t-oinniún
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"oinniún" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“uinneman” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“uinniún” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.