mún
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mun"
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mˠuːn̪ˠ/, /mˠuːnˠ/
Etymology 1
Noun
mún m (genitive singular múin)
- verbal noun of mún
- urine
Declension
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Synonyms
Derived terms
- múnlach m (“sewage”)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish múnaid (“makes water, pisses”).
Verb
mún (present analytic múnann, future analytic múnfaidh, verbal noun mún, past participle múnta)
Conjugation
conjugation of mún (first conjugation – A)
| verbal noun | mún | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | múnta | |||||||
| tense | 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* |
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 / múnainn‡‡ | mhúntá / múntᇇ | mhúnadh sé, sí / múnadh sé, s퇇 | mhúnaimis; mhúnadh muid / múnaimis‡‡; múnadh muid‡‡ | mhúnadh sibh / múnadh sibh‡‡ | mhúnaidís; mhúnadh siad / múnaidís‡‡; múnadh siad‡‡ | a mhúnadh / a múnadh* |
mhúntaí / múnta퇇 |
| future | múnfaidh mé; múnfad |
múnfaidh tú; múnfair† |
múnfaidh sé, sí | múnfaimid; múnfaidh muid |
múnfaidh sibh | múnfaidh siad; múnfaid† |
a mhúnfaidh; a mhúnfas / a múnfaidh* |
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 / a múnfadh* |
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 |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| mún | mhún | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “múnaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *mūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (“to make wet”). Cognate with Sanskrit मूत्र (mūtra, “urine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [muːn]
Noun
mún m
Related terms
Descendants
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| mún also mmún in h-prothesis environments |
mún pronounced with /β̃-/ |
mún also mmún |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Vietnamese
Verb
mún
- (Internet slang, text messaging) alternative form of muốn (“to want”)
Usage notes
- Although spelled as such, the form only occurs in text messages and is never used in a normal conversation in real life, unless one trying to intentionally mimic Internet speech. The same goes to rùi and bùn.