mionchaint

Irish

Etymology

From mion- +‎ caint.

Noun

mionchaint f (genitive singular mionchainte)

1. small talk, tittle-tattle
   • 2012 October, Pádraig G. Ó Laighin, “Is Mithid dom féin…”, in Feasta‎^[1], archived from the original on 20 November 2017:

     A comhphaisinéirí a bhí ag mionchaint i dtosach an turais, tháinig marbhántacht orthu.

     Her fellow passengers, who had been making small talk at the start of the journey, became listless.

Declension

Declension of mionchaint (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative mionchaint vocative a mhionchaint genitive mionchainte dative mionchaint forms with the definite article case singular nominative an mhionchaint genitive na mionchainte dative leis an mionchaint don mhionchaint

Mutation

Mutated forms of mionchaint

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mionchaint	mhionchaint	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) “mionchaint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mionchaint”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “mionchaint”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024