miotán
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old French mitaine (“mitten”), assimilated to the suffix -án.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmiotán m (genitive singular miotáin, nominative plural miotáin)
Declension
editDeclension of miotán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
edit- miotánach
- bí sna miotáin (“be in dire poverty”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
miotán | mhiotán | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “miotán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 490
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “miotán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 38