maoinigh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish maínigid.[1] By surface analysis, maoin +‎ -igh.

Verb

maoinigh (present analytic maoiníonn, future analytic maoineoidh, verbal noun maoiniú, past participle maoinithe)

  1. to finance (obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking)
  2. to endow (give property as a gift)
    Synonym: bronn
Conjugation

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “maoiniġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 709; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maoinigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

maoinigh

  1. inflection of maoineach:
    1. masculine vocative/genitive singular
    2. (archaic, dialectal) feminine dative singular

Mutation

Mutated forms of maoinigh
radical lenition eclipsis
maoinigh mhaoinigh 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), “moínigid(ir), maínigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language