moing
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish mong,[2] from Proto-Celtic *mongā (whence also Welsh mwng), a derivative of *monis (“neck”).[3]
Pronunciation
edit- (Munster) IPA(key): /mˠiːɲɟ/[4]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /wĩː/[5] (with permanent lenition, corresponds to the form mhoing)
Noun
editmoing f (genitive singular moinge, nominative plural moingeanna)
- mane (of a horse, lion etc.)
- crest (tuft of a bird or other animal)
- long hair
- growth of vegetation
- fen (type of wetland)
Declension
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Derived terms
edit- moing mhear (“hemlock”)
Mutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
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moing | mhoing | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- ^ “moing”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mong”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*moni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 276
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 47, page 25
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 172, page 65
Further reading
edit- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “mong”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 495
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “moing”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Yami
editNoun
editmoing
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