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cion icon coin ocin iocn oicn cino icno cnio ncio inco nico coni ocni cnoi ncoi onci noci ionc oinc inoc nioc onic noic

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Definitions and meaning of cion

cion

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): /cʊn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /cɪnˠ/, /cɪn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /cɨ̞nˠ/, /cɨ̞n̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cin (“love, affection; esteem, respect”).

Noun

cion m (genitive singular ceana)

1. love, affection, fondness (+ ar (“for”))

2. regard, esteem
3. effect, influence

Declension

Derived terms

• cionmhar², ceanúil (“loving, affectionate”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish cin (“share, due portion”).

Noun

cion m (genitive singular cion)

1. share, amount

Declension

Derived terms

• cionmhar¹

Etymology 3

From Old Irish cin (“guilt, fault, crime, offence”).

Noun

cion m (genitive singular ciona, nominative plural cionta)

1. offence, transgression; blame

Declension

Derived terms

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

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cion”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42

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): /cʲin/

Noun

cion m (genitive singular cion, no plural)

1. lack, want, shortage, scarcity

Synonyms

• gainne
• gainnead

Derived terms

• cion-cosnaidh
• cion-meirbhidh