Inis Meáin

Irish

Etymology

Literally, “middle island”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɪnʲəʃ ˈmʲɑːnʲ/[1]

Proper noun

Inis Meáin f (genitive Inis Meáin)

  1. Inishmaan (an island of the Aran Islands, County Galway, Ireland)
  2. Inishmeane (an island of County Donegal, Ireland)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Inis Meáin
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Inis Meáin nInis Meáin hInis Meáin not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 124
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