mionta

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English mynt (“money, coin”), from Old English mynet (“coin”), from Proto-West Germanic *munit, from Latin monēta (“place for making coins, coined money”), from the temple of Juno Moneta (named for Monēta mother of the Muses), where coins were made, possibly from moneo (“I warn, advise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɪn̪ˠt̪ˠə/

Noun

mionta m (genitive singular mionta, nominative plural miontaí)

1. mint (money-producing building or institution)

Declension

Declension of mionta (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative mionta miontaí vocative a mhionta a mhiontaí genitive mionta miontaí dative mionta miontaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mionta na miontaí genitive an mhionta na miontaí dative leis an mionta don mhionta leis na miontaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of mionta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mionta	mhionta	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) “mionta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN