cion

See also: CIO:n, -cion, -ción, and ĉion

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪən

Noun

cion (plural cions)

1. (chiefly botany) Alternative spelling of scion
   • 1621–1626 (published posthumously in 1627): Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum : or, A Natural History ; in ten centuries, century V, Experiments in consort touching the putting back or retardation of germination, ¶ 421; reprinted in:
   • 1838, The works of Lord Bacon : with an introductory essay, and a portrait ; in two volumes, volume 1, page 133 (London : William Ball, Paternoster Row ; stereotyped and printed by John Childs and son)

     421. Men have entertained a conceit that showeth prettily ; namely, that if you graft a late-coming fruit upon a stock of a fruit-tree that cometh early, the graft will bear early ; as a peach upon a cherry ; and contrariwise, if an early-coming fruit upon a stock of a fruit-tree that cometh late, the graft will bear fruit late ; as a cherry upon a peach. But these are but imaginations, and untrue. The cause is, for that the cion overruleth the stock quite : and the stock is but passive only, and giveth aliment, but no motion to the graft.

Anagrams

• COIN, Coin, ICON, Nico, coin, coni, icon

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /cun̪ˠ/^[1]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): (Aran) /cinˠ/, /cɞnˠ/^[2]; (Cois Fharraige) /cin̪ˠ/^[3]; (Connemara, Mayo) /cunˠ/^[4][5]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /cɨnˠ/, /cɨn̪ˠ/^[6]

Etymology 1

From Classical Gaelic cion (“love, affection”), from the earlier sense “share, due portion” (see etymology 2 below).^[7] For the semantic development, compare English partiality as well as Middle Irish cuit (modern cuid), which could mean “partiality, affection” in addition to the primary meaning “part, portion, share”.

Noun

cion m (genitive singular ceana)

1. love, affection, fondness [with ar ‘for’]

   Tá cion agam oraibh.

   I am fond of you pl.

2. regard, esteem
3. effect, influence

Declension

Declension of cion (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative cion vocative a chion genitive ceana dative cion forms with the definite article singular nominative an cion genitive an cheana dative leis an gcion don chion

Derived terms

• cionmhar, ceanúil (“loving, affectionate”)

Etymology 2

From Classical Gaelic cion, cean (“share, due portion”), from Middle Irish cin (“payment due, fee”), from Old Irish cin (“guilt, crime”) (see etymology 3 below).^[7]

Noun

cion m (genitive singular cion)

1. share, amount

Declension

Declension of cion (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative cion vocative a chion genitive cion dative cion forms with the definite article singular nominative an cion genitive an chion dative leis an gcion don chion

Derived terms

• cionmhar (“proportional”)

Etymology 3

From Old Irish cin (“guilt, fault, crime, offence”).^[7]

Noun

cion m (genitive singular ciona, nominative plural cionta)

1. offence, transgression; blame

Declension

Declension of cion (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cion cionta vocative a chion a chionta genitive ciona cionta dative cion cionta forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an cion na cionta genitive an chiona na gcionta dative leis an gcion don chion leis na cionta

Derived terms

• ainchion m (“grievous offence”)
• ciontóir m (“offender”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cion

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cion	chion	gcion

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

1. Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 288, page 59
2. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 173
3. de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], § 89 (j), page 36
4. Ó Máille, T. S. (1974) Liosta Focal as Ros Muc [Word List from Rosmuck] (in Irish), Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Irish University Press, →ISBN, page 42
5. Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 166, page 38
6. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 107, page 42
7. Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cion”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old French

Alternative forms

• ciun, sion

Etymology

Frankish *kiþ, cognate with English kid.

Noun

cion oblique singular, m (oblique plural cions, nominative singular cions, nominative plural cion)

1. child, usually a newborn

Descendants

• Middle French: sion
  • French: scion
• Picard: chion
• → Middle English: sioun, cioun, ciun, cyun, scion, scioun, sion, siun, syon, syoun
  • English: scion

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From the root of gan (“without”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cʰin/

Noun

cion m (genitive singular cion, no plural)

1. lack, want, shortage, scarcity

Synonyms

• gainne
• gainnead

Derived terms

• cion-cosnaidh
• cion-meirbhidh