inneen
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish ingen, from Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena), from Proto-Celtic *eni-genā, from Proto-Indo-European [Term?] (compare Latin indigena (“native”), Ancient Greek ἐγγόνη (engónē, “granddaughter”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɪnˈjiːn]
Noun
inneen f (genitive singular inneen, plural inneenyn)
References
- “1 ingen” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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