meang
Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish meng (“wile, ruse; guile, craft”), from Proto-Celtic *mengâ, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly related to Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon, “charm”), borrowed into Latin mango (“dealer”).
Noun
[edit]meang f (genitive singular meinge, nominative plural meanga)
Declension
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[edit]Etymology 2
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Verb
[edit]meang (present analytic meangann, future analytic meangfaidh, verbal noun meangadh, past participle meangtha)
- (transitive) lop, prune
Conjugation
[edit]* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Synonyms
[edit]- (prune): sciot
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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meang | mheang | 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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meang”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “meang”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[2], Stirling, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish medc, from Proto-Celtic *mezgos.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Uist) IPA(key): /mɛŋɡ̥/[1][2]
Noun
[edit]meang m (genitive singular meanga)
- (Harris, North Uist) whey
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition |
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meadhg | mheadhg |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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