mún

See also: mun, mùn, mūn, mủn, Mun., müň, and múŋ

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mˠuːnˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mún.

Noun

mún m (genitive singular múin)

  1. verbal noun of mún
  2. urine
Declension
Declension of mún

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative mún
Vocative a mhúin
Genitive múin
Dative mún

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an mún
Genitive an mhúin
Dative leis an mún

don mhún

Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish múnaid (“makes water, pisses”).

Verb

mún (present analytic múnann, future analytic múnfaidh, verbal noun mún, past participle múnta)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) urinate, pee
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present múnaim múnann tú;
múnair†		 múnann sé, sí múnaimid múnann sibh múnann siad;
múnaid†		 a mhúnann; a mhúnas /
a múnann*; a múnas*		 múntar
past mhún mé; mhúnas mhún tú; mhúnais mhún sé, sí mhúnamar; mhún muid mhún sibh; mhúnabhair mhún siad; mhúnadar a mhún /
ar mhún*		 múnadh
past habitual mhúnainn mhúntá mhúnadh sé, sí mhúnaimis; mhúnadh muid mhúnadh sibh mhúnaidís; mhúnadh siad a mhúnadh /
ar mhúnadh*		 mhúntaí
future múnfaidh mé;
múnfad		 múnfaidh tú;
múnfair†		 múnfaidh sé, sí múnfaimid;
múnfaidh muid		 múnfaidh sibh múnfaidh siad;
múnfaid†		 a mhúnfaidh; a mhúnfas /
a múnfaidh*; a múnfas*		 múnfar
conditional mhúnfainn / múnfainn‡‡ mhúnfá / múnfᇇ mhúnfadh sé, sí / múnfadh sé, s퇇 mhúnfaimis; mhúnfadh muid / múnfaimis‡‡; múnfadh muid‡‡ mhúnfadh sibh / múnfadh sibh‡‡ mhúnfaidís; mhúnfadh siad / múnfaidís‡‡; múnfadh siad‡‡ a mhúnfadh /
ar mhúnfadh*		 mhúnfaí / múnfa퇇
subjunctive present go múna mé;
go múnad†		 go múna tú;
go múnair†		 go múna sé, sí go múnaimid;
go múna muid		 go múna sibh go múna siad;
go múnaid†		 — go múntar
past dá múnainn dá múntá dá múnadh sé, sí dá múnaimis;
dá múnadh muid		 dá múnadh sibh dá múnaidís;
dá múnadh siad		 — dá múntaí
imperative múnaim mún múnadh sé, sí múnaimis múnaigí;
múnaidh†		 múnaidís — múntar
verbal noun mún
past participle múnta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mún mhún not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "mún" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “mún” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “múnaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *mew-, *mū-. Possibly cognate with Latin mūtō (“penis”).

Noun

mún m

  1. urine

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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

References
  • “mún” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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