mionta
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English mynt (“money, coin”), from Old English mynet (“coin”), from Proto-West Germanic *munit, from Latin monēta (“place for making coins, coined money”), from the temple of Juno Moneta (named for Monēta mother of the Muses), where coins were made, possibly from moneo (“I warn, advise”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mionta m (genitive singular mionta, nominative plural miontaí)
- mint (money-producing building or institution)
Declension edit
Declension of mionta
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mionta | mhionta | 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) “mionta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN