mímhúinte

Irish

Etymology

From mí- +‎ múinte.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲiːˌwuːn̠ʲtʲə/

Adjective

mímhúinte

1. rude (bad-mannered)

   Synonyms: drochmhúinte, míbhéasach

Declension

Declension of mímhúinte

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	mímhúinte	mhímhúinte	mímhúinte; mhímhúinte2
vocative	mhímhúinte		mímhúinte
genitive		mímhúinte	mímhúinte	mímhúinte
dative	mímhúinte; mhímhúinte1	mhímhúinte	mímhúinte; mhímhúinte2
Comparative	níos mímhúinte
Superlative	is mímhúinte

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of mímhúinte

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mímhúinte	mhímhúinte	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mímhúinte”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mímhúinte”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “mímhúinte”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024