meangadh

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲaŋuː/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Irish mangad (“smile”). Perhaps influenced in form by meang (“deceit”).

Noun

meangadh m (genitive singular meangtha)

1. smile

   Synonyms: fáthadh an gháire, meangadh gáire, miongháire

Declension

Declension of meangadh

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative meangadh Vocative a mheangadh Genitive meangtha Dative meangadh

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an meangadh Genitive an mheangtha Dative leis an meangadh don mheangadh

Derived terms

• leamh-mheangadh (“simpering smile, smirk”)

Related terms

• meangaire (“smiling, deceitful person”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

meangadh

1. inflection of meang:
   1. past autonomous
   2. imperative analytic
   3. past subjunctive analytic

Noun

meangadh m (genitive singular meangtha)

1. verbal noun of meang (“lop, prune”)

Declension

Declension of meangadh

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative meangadh Vocative a mheangadh Genitive meangtha Dative meangadh

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an meangadh Genitive an mheangtha Dative leis an meangadh don mheangadh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
meangadh	mheangadh	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) “meangadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meangadh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “meangadh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024