mían

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mian"

Galician

Verb

mían

1. third-person plural present indicative of miar

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• méin

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore”).

Noun

mían f (genitive míana)

1. (mining) mineral, ore

Derived terms

• míanach (“vein of ore, mine”)
• míanaige (“miner”)

Descendants

• Manx: meain
• Scottish Gaelic: mèinn

Mutation

Mutation of mían

radical	lenition	nasalization
mían also mmían after a proclitic ending in a vowel	mían pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 mían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mēnom, possibly from *mey- (“change”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲiːa̯n/

Noun

mían n or m (genitive méin, nominative plural míana)

1. desire, inclination; object of desire

Inflection

As neuter noun:

Neuter o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	míanN	míanN	míanL, míana
vocative	míanN	míanN	míanL, míana
accusative	míanN	míanN	míanL, míana
genitive	méinL	mían	míanN
dative	míanL	míanaib	míanaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

As masculine noun:

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	mían	míanL	méinL
vocative	méin	míanL	míanuH
accusative	míanN	míanL	míanuH
genitive	méinL	mían	míanN
dative	míanL	míanaib	míanaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• míanach (“desirous, eager, wishful”)
• míanaid (“desires, longs for”, verb)
• míangus (“eager desire”)

Descendants

• Irish: mian
• Manx: mian
• Scottish Gaelic: miann

Mutation

Mutation of mían

radical	lenition	nasalization
mían also mmían after a proclitic ending in a vowel	mían pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 mían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language