mì-innealta

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From mì- (negative prefix) +‎ innealta (well-ordered; ingenious; neat; well-made; elegant).

Adjective

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mì-innealta

  1. inelegant, ungenteel, clumsy, unseemly, ungraceful

Mutation

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Mutation of mì-innealta
radical lenition
mì-innealta mhì-innealta

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

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “mì-innealta”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN