mianach

See also: míanach

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲiən̪ˠəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲiənˠəx/, /ˈmʲiːnˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲiənˠa(h)/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish míanach (“vein of ore, mine”), from mían (“mineral, ore”).

Noun

mianach m (genitive singular mianaigh, nominative plural mianaigh)

1. (mining) ore

   Synonym: mian

2. (mining) mine
3. (military) mine
4. stuff, material, substance, quality

Declension

Declension of mianach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative mianach mianaigh Vocative a mhianaigh a mhianacha Genitive mianaigh mianach Dative mianach mianaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an mianach na mianaigh Genitive an mhianaigh na mianach Dative leis an mianach don mhianach leis na mianaigh

Derived terms

• innealtóir mianach (“mining engineer”)
• mianach guail (“coal-mine, colliery”)
• mianach talún (“landmine”)
• mianach teagmhála (“contact mine”)

 

Related terms

• mianadóir (“miner”)
• mianadóireacht (“(act of) mining;. (act of) burrowing, excavating, digging deep”)

 

Etymology 2

From mian +‎ -ach.

Adjective

mianach (genitive singular masculine mianaigh, genitive singular feminine mianaí, plural mianacha, comparative mianaí)

1. Synonym of mianúil (“desirous”)

Declension

Declension of mianach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	mianach	mhianach	mianacha; mhianacha²
Vocative	mhianaigh		mianacha
Genitive		mianaí	mianacha	mianach
Dative	mianach; mhianach¹	mhianach; mhianaigh (archaic)	mianacha; mhianacha²
Comparative	níos mianaí
Superlative	is mianaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mianach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 míanach (‘vein of ore’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “mianach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 481
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mianach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “mianach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmja.nax/
• Rhymes: -anax
• Syllabification: mia‧nach

Noun

mianach n

1. locative plural of miano