iontas

• iongantas (obsolete)

From Old Irish ingantus, from the same root as ingnad (modern ionadh), from in- (negative) + gnáth (“customary, usual”), from Proto-Celtic *gnātos (“known, usual”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃-tós, past participle of *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈuːn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/ (as if spelled úntas)
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈiːn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/ (as if spelled íontas)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈiːn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/, /ˈɤːn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/, /ˈʌn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/ (as if spelled íontas, adhantas, or iontas respectively)

iontas m (genitive singular iontais, nominative plural iontais)

1. wonder

   Níl iontas orm.

   I’m not surprised.

   Tháinig iontas orm.

   I became surprised.

• ionadh

• cuir iontas ar (“to surprise”)

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “ingantus”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, ISBN 9780901714299
• “iongantas” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "iontas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 30.
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 107.
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 146.