níon
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Aphetic form of iníon. Compare Scottish Gaelic nighean (“daughter; girl”), Manx 'neen (“daughter”).
Pronunciation
Noun
níon f (genitive singular níne, nominative plural níonacha)
Declension
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “níon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 62
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