mían
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mian"
Galician edit
Verb edit
mían
Middle Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *mēnis (“ore”).
Noun edit
mían f (genitive míana)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Middle Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
mían | mían pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 mían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *mēnom, possibly from *mey- (“change”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mían n or m (genitive méin, nominative plural míana)
- desire, inclination; object of desire
Inflection edit
As neuter noun:
Neuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | míanN | míanN | míanL, míana |
Vocative | míanN | míanN | míanL, míana |
Accusative | míanN | míanN | míanL, míana |
Genitive | méinL | mían | míanN |
Dative | míanL | míanaib | míanaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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As masculine noun:
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | mían | míanL | méinL |
Vocative | méin | míanL | míanuH |
Accusative | míanN | míanL | míanuH |
Genitive | méinL | mían | míanN |
Dative | míanL | míanaib | míanaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
mían also mmían after a proclitic |
mían pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mēno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 266
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 mían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language