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Irish
Etymology
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Noun
monadh m (genitive singular monadh)
- coinage, coin
- Synonym: mona
Mutation
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| monadh
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mhonadh
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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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Further reading
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Pictish , itself from Proto-Brythonic *mönɨð (compare Welsh mynydd, Cornish menydh, Breton menez), from Proto-Celtic *moniyos, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”) (compare Latin mōns).
Pronunciation
Noun
monadh m (genitive singular monaidh, plural monaidhean)
- moor, heath
- Synonyms: mòinteach, sliabh
- (Argyll, Argyll and Bute) mountain, hill
- Synonyms: beinn, cnoc, sliabh
- Any hill-pasture as distinguished from meadow and arable land.
Derived terms
Mutation
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mhonadh
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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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Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “monadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN