míodún

Irish

Etymology

From Scots meedow (“meadow”), from Middle English medwe, from Old English mǣd, from Proto-West Germanic *mādu, from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō. The origin of the -n is unclear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʲiːd̪ˠuːnˠ/, /ˈmʲiːd̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/[1]

Noun

míodún m (genitive singular míodúin, nominative plural míodúin)

  1. (Ulster) meadow

Declension

Declension of míodún (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative míodún míodúin
vocative a mhíodúin a mhíodúna
genitive míodúin míodún
dative míodún míodúin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an míodún na míodúin
genitive an mhíodúin na míodún
dative leis an míodún
don mhíodún 		leis na míodúin

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of míodún
radical lenition eclipsis
míodún mhíodún 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. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 398, page 132

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “míodún”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 486
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “míodún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Ó Baoill, Dónall P. (1996) An Teanga Bheo: Gaeilge Uladh (in Irish), Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, page 144
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