mían

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "mian"

Galician

Verb

mían

  1. third-person plural present indicative of miar

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore”).

Noun

mían f (genitive míana)

  1. (mining) mineral, ore

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Manx: meain
  • Scottish Gaelic: mèinn

Mutation

Mutation of mían
radical lenition nasalization
mían mían
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/		 unchanged

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

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mēnom, possibly from *mey- (“change”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

mían n or m (genitive méin, nominative plural míana)

  1. desire, inclination; object of desire

Inflection

As neuter noun:

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative míanN míanN míanL, míana
Vocative míanN míanN míanL, míana
Accusative míanN míanN míanL, míana
Genitive méinL mían míanN
Dative míanL míanaib míanaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

As masculine noun:

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative mían míanL méinL
Vocative méin míanL míanuH
Accusative míanN míanL míanuH
Genitive méinL mían míanN
Dative míanL míanaib míanaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Mutation of mían
radical lenition nasalization
mían
also mmían after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		mían
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mēno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 266

Further reading

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