inghean

== Irish == === Noun === inghean f (genitive singular inghine, nominative plural ingheanacha) superseded spelling of iníon ==== Declension ==== Alternative nominative plural: ingheana === Mutation === == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish ingen, from Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena), from Proto-Celtic *enigenā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”) + *ǵenh₁- (“produce, give birth”) (compare Latin indigena (“native”), Ancient Greek ἐγγόνη (engónē, “granddaughter”)). Ulster Irish níon and modern Scottish Gaelic nighean stem from the same Old Irish source, being metathesised descendants of Old Irish ingen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈinijan/ === Noun === inghean f (genitive singular ìghne, plural ingheanan or ìghnean) (archaic) girl, maiden (archaic) daughter === References === Edward Dwelly (1911), “inghean”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ingen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language