Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish mital, mitall (metal), borrowed from Old French metal, from Latin metallum (metal, mine, quarry, mineral), from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, mine, quarry, metal).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʲɪt̪ˠəl̪ˠ/, /ˈmʲɪt̪ˠəlˠ/

Noun edit

miotal m (genitive singular miotail, nominative plural miotail)

  1. metal
    1. hard, solid, material
  2. mettle, spirit; hardihood

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
miotal mhiotal not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit