mínigh

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish mínigid.[1] By surface analysis, mín +‎ -igh.

Verb

mínigh (present analytic míníonn, future analytic míneoidh, verbal noun míniú, past participle mínithe)

  1. to explain, expound
    Synonyms: ciallaigh, léirigh, léirmhínigh
  2. to smooth, polish
    Synonym: slíoc
  3. to make fine

Conjugation

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mínigh mhínigh not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mínigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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