monadh
See also: mónadh
Irish edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
monadh m (genitive singular monadh)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| monadh | mhonadh | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Entries containing “monadh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from Pictish [Term?], itself from Proto-Brythonic *mönɨð (compare Welsh mynydd, Cornish menydh, Breton menez), from Proto-Celtic *moniyos, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”) (compare Latin mōns).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
monadh m (genitive singular monaidh, plural monaidhean)
- moor, heath
- (Argyll, Argyll and Bute) mountain, hill
- Any hill-pasture as distinguished from meadow and arable land.
Derived terms edit
- coiseachd monaidh (“hillwalking”)
- coisiche monaidh (“hillwalker”)
- corra-mhonaidh (“crane”)
- dearcag-mhonaidh (“bilberry, blaeberry”) (Lochaber)
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| monadh | mhonadh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |