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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish mong,[2] from Proto-Celtic *mongā (whence also Welsh mwng), a derivative of *monis (“neck”).[3]
Pronunciation
Noun
moing f (genitive singular moinge, nominative plural moingeanna)
- mane (of a horse, lion etc.)
- crest (tuft of a bird or other animal)
- long hair
- growth of vegetation
- fen (type of wetland)
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| moing
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mhoing
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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
- ^ “moing”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mong”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*moni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 276
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 47, page 25
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 172, page 65
Further reading
Yami
Noun
moing
- (anatomy) face