mionn

Irish

Alternative forms

• mionna

Etymology

From Old Irish mind.

Noun

mionn m (genitive singular mionna, nominative plural mionnaí or mionna)

1. oath

   Synonym: móid

   tabhair mionn ― to swear, take an oath

2. diadem, crown

   Synonym: coróin

   mionn ríoga ― royal crown, diadem

3. (literary) halidom, venerated object, distinguishing symbol

Declension

Declension of mionn (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative mionn mionnaí vocative a mhionn a mhionnaí genitive mionna mionn dative mionn mionnaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mionn na mionnaí genitive an mhionna na mionn dative leis an mionn don mhionn leis na mionnaí

• Alternative nominative/vocative/dative plural: mionna

Derived terms

• clár na mionn (“witness box”)
• coimisinéir mionn (“commissioner for oaths”)
• faoi bhrí na mionn (“under oath”)
• faoi mhionn (“under oath”)
• mionn bréige (“false oath, perjury”)
• mionn éithigh (“false oath, perjury”)
• mionn mór (“swear word, curse”)
• mionn séanta (“denial on oath”)
• mionnach

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of mionn

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mionn	mhionn	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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 mind, minn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “mionn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 488
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mionn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN