meain
Manx edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish mían (“mineral, ore”).
Noun edit
meain f (genitive singular meainey)
Derived terms edit
- co-veain (“alloy”)
- meain ghunney (“gunmetal”)
- meainagh (“metalliferous”)
Mutation edit
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| meain | veain | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 mían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language