meannán

Irish

Alternative forms

• mionnán

Etymology

From Middle Irish mendán; by surface analysis, meann +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲan̪ˠanˠ/, /ˈmʲan̪ˠan̪ˠ/

Noun

meannán m (genitive singular meannáin, nominative plural meannáin)

1. kid (young goat)

Declension

Declension of meannán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative meannán meannáin Vocative a mheannáin a mheannána Genitive meannáin meannán Dative meannán meannáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an meannán na meannáin Genitive an mheannáin na meannán Dative leis an meannán don mheannán leis na meannáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
meannán	mheannán	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “meannán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mennán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “meannán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 474
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meannán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42