miotán

Irish

Alternative forms

• miodán

Etymology

From Old French mitaine (“mitten”), assimilated to the suffix -án.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɨ̞t̪ˠanˠ/

Noun

miotán m (genitive singular miotáin, nominative plural miotáin)

1. deformed hand
2. vampless stocking

Declension

Declension of miotán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative miotán miotáin vocative a mhiotáin a mhiotána genitive miotáin miotán dative miotán miotáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an miotán na miotáin genitive an mhiotáin na miotán dative leis an miotán don mhiotán leis na miotáin

Derived terms

• miotánach
• bí sna miotáin (“be in dire poverty”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of miotán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
miotán	mhiotán	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

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “miotán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 490
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “miotán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 38