iongantach

Irish

Adjective

iongantach

  1. Superseded spelling of iontach (“wonderful”).

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
iongantach n-iongantach hiongantach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ingantach (“wonderful”), from ingnad (compare modern iongnadh).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈĩə̃n̪ˠt̪əx/

Adjective

iongantach (comparative iongantaiche)

  1. wonderful, amazing
    Tha i ann am fonn iongantach. ― She's in a wonderful mood.
  2. surprising
    'S iongantach an car a thig an cois a' chogaidh. ― Strange fortunes come in the wake of war.
  3. extraordinary

Derived terms

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ingantach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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