ríon
See also: Rion
Irish
Alternative forms
- ríoghan (superseded)
Etymology
From Old Irish rígain (“queen”), from Proto-Celtic *rīganī.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɾˠiːnˠ/
Noun
ríon f (genitive singular ríona, nominative plural ríonacha)
Declension
Declension of ríon
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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- Dative singular: ríoghain
- Nominative plural: ríoghna
Derived terms
- ardríon f (“high queen”)
- banríon f (“queen”)
- ríonacht f (“queenship”)
- ríonaí (“queenly”, adjective)
- ríonaigh (“queen”, verb)
- ríonmháthair f (“queen-mother”)
- ríonphost m (“queen-post”)
References
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ríoġan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 572
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “ríoġan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ríon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rígan, rígain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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