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Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *manyetor, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, mind”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai, “be mad”) and Sanskrit मन्यते (mányate, “think”).
Pronunciation
Verb
·muinethar
- to meditate, to intend, to purpose
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4c38
inna hí dia ru muinestar som trócairi- those for whom he has intended mercy
- to think, to deem
- c. 600-900, Amra Choluimb Chille, published in "The Bodleian Amra Choluimb Chille", Revue Celtique 20 (1899), pp. 31–55, 132–183, 248–289, 400–437; edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes, page 88
miad mār munimar manna- a great honour we deem the heavenly food
Derived terms
Mutation
Mutation of muinethar
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lenition |
nasalization
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·muinethar
also ·mmuinethar
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·muinethar
pronounced with /-β̃(ʲ)-/
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unchanged
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.