moing
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish mong, from Proto-Celtic *mongā (whence also Welsh mwng), a derivative of *monis (“neck”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /mˠiːɲɟ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /wĩː/[1] (with permanent lenition, corresponds to the form mhoing)
Noun edit
moing f (genitive singular moinge, nominative plural moingeanna)
- mane (of a horse, lion etc.)
- crest (animal's or bird's tuft)
- long hair
- growth of vegetation
- fen (type of wetland)
Declension edit
Declension of moing
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
- moing mhear (“hemlock”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
moing | mhoing | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 65
Further reading edit
- “moing”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mong”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “mong”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 495
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*moni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 276
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “moing”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 25
Yami edit
Noun edit
moing