ionúin

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish inmain (“dear, beloved”).

Adjective

ionúin (genitive singular feminine ionúine, plural ionúine, comparative ionúine)

  1. dear, beloved, precious

Declension

Declension of ionúin
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ionúin ionúin ionúine;
ionúine2
vocative ionúin ionúine
genitive ionúine ionúine ionúin
dative ionúin;
ionúin1 		ionúin ionúine;
ionúine2
Comparative níos ionúine
Superlative is ionúine

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

  • ionúine f (“dearness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ionúin
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ionúin n-ionúin hionúin not applicable

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

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