mún
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mun"
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
mún m (genitive singular múin)
- verbal noun of mún
- urine
Declension edit
Declension of mún
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- múnlach m (“sewage”)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Irish múnaid (“makes water, pisses”).
Verb edit
mún (present analytic múnann, future analytic múnfaidh, verbal noun mún, past participle múnta)
Conjugation edit
conjugation of mún (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mún | mhún | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “múnaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *mūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (“to make wet”). Cognate with Sanskrit मूत्र (mūtra, “urine”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mún m
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
mún also mmún after a proclitic |
mún 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), “mún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Vietnamese edit
Verb edit
mún
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of muốn (“to want”)
Usage notes edit
- Although spelled as such, the form only occurs in text messages and is never used in a normal conversation in real life, unless one trying to intentionally mimic Internet speech. The same goes to rùi and bùn.