oinniún

Irish

oinniún

Alternative forms

• inniún
• iniún, oiniún, uinniún (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish uinniún, uinneman, from Old French oignon, from Latin ūniō.

Noun

oinniún m (genitive singular oinniúin, nominative plural oinniúin)

1. onion

Declension

Declension of oinniún

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative oinniún oinniúin Vocative a oinniúin a oinniúna Genitive oinniúin oinniún Dative oinniún oinniúin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-oinniún na hoinniúin Genitive an oinniúin na n-oinniún Dative leis an oinniún don oinniún leis na hoinniúin

Derived terms

• oinniún fiáin m (“wild onion”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oinniún	n-oinniún	hoinniún	t-oinniún
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oinniún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “uinneman”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “uinniún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language