Muineachán

Irish

Etymology

From muine (“thicket”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠɪnʲəˈxɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪnʲəxɑːnˠ/, /ˈmˠɪnʲəxɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪnʲaxanˠ/, /ˈmˠɪnʲaxan̪ˠ/

Proper noun

Muineachán m (genitive Muineacháin)

1. Monaghan (the county town of County Monaghan, Ireland)
2. Monaghan (a county of Ireland)

   Synonym: Contae Mhuineacháin

Declension

Declension of Muineachán (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Muineachán vocative a Mhuineacháin genitive Muineacháin dative Muineachán forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Muineachán genitive an Mhuineacháin dative leis an Muineachán don Mhuineachán

Mutation

Mutated forms of Muineachán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Muineachán	Mhuineachán	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.