different between cyon vs cion

English

Noun

cyon (plural cyons)

1. Obsolete spelling of scion
   • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, page 45:

     Upon the body and ?tock of inheritance we have taken care not to inoculate any cyon alien to the nature of the original plant.

Anagrams

• CONY, CoNY, cony, coyn, cyno-

Old French

Noun

cyon m (oblique plural cyons, nominative singular cyons, nominative plural cyon)

1. scion (detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant)
2. (figuratively) descendant

Descendants

• English: scion
• French: scion

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a??n

Noun

cion (plural cions)

1. (chiefly in botanical senses) 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): /c?n?/
• IPA^(key): /c?n?/

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

References

• "cion" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “cin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old French

Alternative forms

• ciun, sion

Etymology

Frankish *kiþ, cognate with English kid.

Noun

cion 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”)

Noun

cion m (genitive singular cion, no plural)

1. lack, want, shortage, scarcity

Synonyms

• gainne
• gainnead

Derived terms

• cion-cosnaidh
• cion-meirbhidh