miotas

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “myth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɪt̪ˠəsˠ/, /ˈmʲʊt̪ˠəsˠ/

Noun

miotas m (genitive singular miotais, nominative plural miotais)

1. myth

Declension

Declension of miotas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative miotas miotais vocative a mhiotais a mhiotasa genitive miotais miotas dative miotas miotais forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an miotas na miotais genitive an mhiotais na miotas dative leis an miotas don mhiotas leis na miotais

Derived terms

• miotasach (“mythical”, adjective)
• miotaseolaí (“mythologist”)
• miotaseolaíoch (“mythological”, adjective)
• miotaseolaíocht (“mythology”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of miotas

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