míanach

See also: mianach

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmʲiːa̯nax/

Etymology 1

From mían (“desire, inclination”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

míanach

  1. desirous, eager, wishful
Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
  • míanaigid (“desires, craves”)

Etymology 2

From mían (“mineral, ore”) +‎ -ach.

Noun

míanach m (genitive míanaigh, nominative plural míanaighi)

  1. (mining) vein of ore, mine
Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
  • míanaigid (“breaks ore”)
Descendants
  • Irish: mianach (“ore; mine; stuff, material, substance, quality”)

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
míanach
also mmíanach after a proclitic		 míanach
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/		 míanach
also mmíanach after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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