ionsaí

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ʊnˠˈsˠiː/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɔnˠsˠiː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɤnˠsˠi/

Noun

ionsaí m (genitive singular ionsaí, nominative plural ionsaithe)

verbal noun of ionsaigh
advance, approach, attack
attempt

Declension

Declension of ionsaí

Irregular

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ionsaí	ionsaithe
Vocative	a ionsaí	a ionsaithe
Genitive	ionsaithe	ionsaithe
Dative	ionsaí	ionsaithe

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-ionsaí	na hionsaithe
Genitive	an ionsaithe	na n-ionsaithe
Dative	leis an ionsaí don ionsaí	leis na hionsaithe

Derived terms

frithionsaí (“counter-attack”)
neamhionsaí (“non-aggression”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

"ionsaí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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