meana
Irish
Alternative forms
- meanaidh, meanaithe
Etymology
From Old Irish menad. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic minidh and Manx mennee.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmʲan̪ˠə/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmʲanˠi/, /ˈmʲan̪ˠi/[1] (corresponding to the form meanaidh)
Noun
meana m (genitive singular meana, nominative plural meanaí)
Declension
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Descendants
- → Yola: managh
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| meana | mheana | 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
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46
Further reading
- “meana”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “menad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “meana”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 473
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meana”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Ladino
Etymology
From Turkish meyhane, from Persian میخانه (meyxâne), compound of Persian می (may, “wine”) and Persian خانه (xâne, “house”).
Noun
meana f
Further reading
- Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “meaná, meané”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 353