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Inis Meáin

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Irish

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Etymology

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Literally, middle island

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Inis Meáin f (genitive Inis Meáin)

  1. Inishmaan (an island in the Aran Islands, County Galway, Ireland)
  2. Inishmeane (an island in County Donegal, Ireland)

Mutation

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Mutated forms of Inis Meáin
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Inis Meáin nInis Meáin hInis Meáin 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

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  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 124