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ionga
ionga
Irish
Noun
ionga f (genitive singular iongan, nominative plural ingne)
Declension
Declension of ionga
Fifth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- scuab ingne f (“nailbrush”)
- siosúr ingne m (“nail-scissors”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ionga | n-ionga | hionga | t-ionga |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ionga" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “inga” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish inga (compare Manx ingin), from Proto-Celtic *angʷīnā (compare Welsh ewin, Breton ivin), from *h₃ngʷʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-, *h₃nogʷʰ- (“nail”) (compare Latin unguis, English nail, Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux), Russian но́готь (nógotʹ)).
Noun
ionga f (genitive singular ingne, plural ìngnean or ionganan or ìnean)
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Eneas Mackay, 1911
- “inga” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.