# iníon
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* inghean (superseded)
* inghin, inín (Connacht)
* nighean, níon (Ulster)

### Etymology

From Old Irish ingen (“daughter”), from Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena), from Proto-Celtic *enigenā, from Proto-Indo-European (compare Latin indigena (“native”), Ancient Greek ἐγγόνη (engónē, “granddaughter”)).

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: (Cork, Kerry) /ɪˈnʲiːn̪ˠ/; (Waterford) /nʲiən̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form nighean)
* (Connacht) IPA: /ˈinʲiːnʲ/ (corresponding to the form inín); (Achill) /nʲiːnˠ/ (corresponding to the form níon)
* (Ulster) IPA: /n̠ʲiːn̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form níon); /n̠ʲiənˠ/, /n̠ʲiən̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form nighean)

### Noun

iníon f (genitive singular iníne, nominative plural iníonacha or iníona)
* daughter
* (capitalized) Miss

#### Declension

Standard declension with strong plural:
bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
iníon
iníonacha
vocative
a iníon
a iníonacha
genitive
iníne
iníonacha
dative
iníon inín (archaic, dialectal)
iníonacha
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an iníon
na hiníonacha
genitive
na hiníne
na n-iníonacha
dative
leis an iníon leis an inín (archaic, dialectal) don iníon don inín (archaic, dialectal)
leis na hiníonacha :
Alternative declension with weak plural:
bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
iníon
iníona
vocative
a iníon
a iníona
genitive
iníne
iníon
dative
iníon inín (archaic, dialectal)
iníona
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an iníon
na hiníona
genitive
na hiníne
na n-iníon
dative
leis an iníon leis an inín (archaic, dialectal) don iníon don inín (archaic, dialectal)
leis na hiníona :

#### Coordinate terms

* mac (“son”)

#### Derived terms

* gariníon f (“granddaughter; adopted daughter, niece”)
* iníon in aontumha f (“unmarried daughter”)
* iníon rí f (“princess”)
* iníonacht f (“daughterhood, girlhood, maidenhood”)
* iníonas m (“daughterhood, girlhood, maidenhood”)
* iníonra f (“girls; group of girls”)
* iníonúil (“daughterly”)

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ingen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 197, page 57; reprinted 1988
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 134, page 70
* ↑ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 87, page 19
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 143
* ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], page 349
* ↑ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 25, page 10
* ↑ Stockman, Gerard (1974) The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 2), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, section 1043, page 155
* ↑ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979) Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 283
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 122, page 47

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iníon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN