ionannas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish inunnus (“identity, equality”). By surface analysis, ionann (“same, identical; alike, equal”) +‎ -as.

Noun

ionannas m (genitive singular ionannais)

1. sameness, identity; equality, uniformity, monotony

Declension

Declension of ionannas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative ionannas Vocative a ionannais Genitive ionannais Dative ionannas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-ionannas Genitive an ionannais Dative leis an ionannas don ionannas

Derived terms

• ball ionannais (“identity element”)
• comhionannas (“equality; congruence, uniformity”)
• cothromóid ionannais (“identical equation”)

Mutation

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

References

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