íróin

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin īrōnia, from Ancient Greek εἰρωνείᾱ (eirōneíā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈiːroːnʲ]

Noun

íróin f

  1. irony

Quotations

  • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 44c9
    Inna n-ascad .i. inna námat són as·berat bid cobuir dó in Día [dïa] forgéni ⁊ hi ru·frescachae. Híróin són immurgu.
    Of the rivals, that is to say of the enemies who say that the God whom he served, and in whom he hoped, will be a help to him. That is irony however.

Descendants

  • Irish: íoróin
  • ⇒ Scottish Gaelic: ìoranas, ìorantas

Mutation

Mutation of íróin
radical lenition nasalization
íróin
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 íróin n-íróin

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

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