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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle Irish mangad (“smile”).[2] Perhaps influenced in form by meang (“deceit”).
Noun
meangadh m (genitive singular meangtha)
- smile
- Synonyms: fáthadh an gháire, meangadh gáire, miongháire
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
meangadh
- inflection of meang:
- past autonomous
- imperative analytic
- past subjunctive analytic
Noun
meangadh m (genitive singular meangtha)
- verbal noun of meang (“lop, prune”)
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| meangadh
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mheangadh
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 302, page 106
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mangad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meangadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meangadh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “meangadh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024