meangadh
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Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Middle Irish mangad (“smile”).[2] Perhaps influenced in form by meang (“deceit”).
Noun
[edit]meangadh m (genitive singular meangtha)
- smile
- Synonyms: fáthadh an gháire, meangadh gáire, miongháire
Declension
[edit]Declension of meangadh
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]- leamh-mheangadh (“simpering smile, smirk”)
Related terms
[edit]- meangaire (“smiling, deceitful person”)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]meangadh
- inflection of meang:
- past autonomous
- imperative analytic
- past subjunctive analytic
Noun
[edit]meangadh m (genitive singular meangtha)
- verbal noun of meang (“lop, prune”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of meangadh
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
[edit]| 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. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 302, page 106
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mangad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- 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