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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish mían (“mineral, ore”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mèinn f (genitive singular mèinne, plural mèinnean)
- (geology, mining) ore; mine, vein, seam (deposit of ore)
- mine (explosive)
- mind, desire, inclination, disposition (whether good or bad)
- native quality or energy
- love, fondness
- discretion, clemency
- expression
- air; mien
- mercy; kindness; tenderness
Derived terms
Verb
mèinn (past mhèinn, future mèinnidh, verbal noun mèinneadh, past participle mèinnte)
- (geology, mining) mine, excavate
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “mèinn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 mían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language