muinichill
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- muinchill
- muilchinn (Harris, Uist, Barra, Argyll, Southwest Perthshire)
- muilcheann (Skye, Sutherland, Easter Ross, West Inverness-shire)
- muilchdinn (Wester Ross)
- muilchill (Strathspey)
- muilchear (Perthshire, Deeside)
- muille (Arran)
Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish muinchille, from Vulgar Latin *manicella, a diminutive of Latin manica.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]muinichill m (genitive singular muinichill, plural muinichillean)
Usage notes
[edit]- This is the "standard", etymologically correct form of the word, but in most dialects the word underwent metathesis.
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