inscne

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish insce (“gender”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪn̠ʲʃ(c)nʲə/

Noun

inscne f (genitive singular inscne, nominative plural inscní)

  1. (grammar) gender
  2. gender (identification as a man, a woman, etc.)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:inscne.

Declension

Declension of inscne (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative inscne inscní
vocative a inscne a inscní
genitive inscne inscní
dative inscne inscní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an inscne na hinscní
genitive na hinscne na n-inscní
dative leis an inscne
don inscne 		leis na hinscní

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of inscne
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
inscne n-inscne hinscne not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “insce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “innscne”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 400
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “inscne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “gender”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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