oinniún

Irish
oinniún

Etymology

From Middle Irish uinniún, uinneman, from Old French oingnun, unniun, 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”)
  • sloigín oinniún m, trilseán oinniún m (“string of onions”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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
  • "oinniún" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “uinneman” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “uinniún” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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