maighnéad

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish magnéit (“magnet, lodestone”), from Latin magnēs, magnētem (compare Old Irish magnés), from Ancient Greek μαγνήτις λίθος (magnḗtis líthos).

Noun

maighnéad m (genitive singular maighnéid, nominative plural maighnéid)

magnet

Declension

Declension of maighnéad

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maighnéad	maighnéid
Vocative	a mhaighnéid	a mhaighnéada
Genitive	maighnéid	maighnéad
Dative	maighnéad	maighnéid

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an maighnéad	na maighnéid
Genitive	an mhaighnéid	na maighnéad
Dative	leis an maighnéad don mhaighnéad	leis na maighnéid

Derived terms

barramhaighnéad m (“bar magnet”)
buanmhaighnéad m (“permanent magnet”)
crúmhaighnéad m (“horseshoe magnet”)
maighnéad crú capaill m (“horseshoe magnet”)
maighnéad tógála m (“lifting magnet”)
maighnéada- (“magneto-”)
maighnéadach (“magnetic”, adjective)
maighnéadaigh (“magnetize”, verb)
maighnéadas m (“magnetism”)
maighnéadghluaiseach (“magnetomotive”, adjective)
maighnéadón m (“magneton”)
maighnéidít f (“magnetite”)

Mutation

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

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maighnéad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “magnéit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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