meatonaimeach

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek μετωνυμία (metōnumía, change of name) (synchronically, meatonaime (metonymy) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix)), from μετά (metá, other) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, name).

Adjective

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meatonaimeach (genitive singular masculine meatonaimigh, genitive singular feminine meatonaimí, plural meatonaimeacha, comparative meatonaimí)

  1. metonymic, metonymical

Declension

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Mutation

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

Further reading

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