Iohain

Old Irish

Etymology

From Late Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן‎ (Yôḥānān, literally “God is gracious”).

Proper noun

Iohain m

  1. John (apostle)
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 18d12
      Petur et Iacób et Iohain
      Peter and James and John

Inflection

Masculine indeclinable
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Iohain — —
Vocative Iohain — —
Accusative Iohain — —
Genitive Iohain — —
Dative Iohain — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: Eoin
  • Manx: Eoin
  • Scottish Gaelic: Eòin

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
Iohain unchanged nIohain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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