mìos

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish mí, from Proto-Celtic *mīns, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miəs̪/

Noun

mìos m or f (genitive singular mìosa, plural mìosan)

month
(rarely) moon

Derived terms

fuil-mhìos f (“menstruation”)
mìosachan m (“calendar”)
mìos nam pòg m or f (“honeymoon”)

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

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