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/ (as if spelled íontas); /ˈeːn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/, (older) /ˈɤːn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/[1] (as if spelled adhantas); /ˈʌn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/ (corresponding to the standard spelling)

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”)

• iontach

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• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “iongantas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 407
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “iontas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• 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