mionn

Irish

Alternative forms

• mionna

Etymology

From Old Irish mind.

Noun

mionn m (genitive singular mionna, nominative plural mionnaí or mionna)

1. oath

   Synonym: móid

   tabhair mionn ― to swear, take an oath

2. diadem, crown

   Synonym: coróin

   mionn ríoga ― royal crown, diadem

3. (literary) halidom, venerated object, distinguishing symbol

Declension

Declension of mionn

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative mionn mionnaí Vocative a mhionn a mhionnaí Genitive mionna mionn Dative mionn mionnaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an mionn na mionnaí Genitive an mhionna na mionn Dative leis an mionn don mhionn leis na mionnaí

• Alternative nominative/vocative/dative plural: mionna

Derived terms

• clár na mionn (“witness box”)
• coimisinéir mionn (“commissioner for oaths”)
• faoi bhrí na mionn (“under oath”)
• faoi mhionn (“under oath”)
• mionn bréige (“false oath, perjury”)
• mionn éithigh (“false oath, perjury”)
• mionn mór (“swear word, curse”)
• mionn séanta (“denial on oath”)
• mionnach

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 mind, minn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “mionn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 488
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mionn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN