míniú

See also: miniu

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish mínigud, míniugud.[1] By surface analysis, mínigh +‎ -ú.

Noun

míniú m (genitive singular mínithe)

  1. verbal noun of mínigh
  2. explanation, interpretation

Declension

Declension of míniú (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative míniú
vocative a mhíniú
genitive mínithe
dative míniú
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an míniú
genitive an mhínithe
dative leis an míniú
don mhíniú

Derived terms

  • míniúchán m (“(act of) explaining; explanation”)
  • nóta mínithe m (“explanatory note”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of míniú
radical lenition eclipsis
míniú mhíniú 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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mínigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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