meang

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish meng (“wile, ruse; guile, craft”), from Proto-Celtic *mengâ, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly related to Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon, “charm”), borrowed into Latin mango (“dealer”).

Noun

meang f (genitive singular meinge, nominative plural meanga)

  1. wile; guile, deceit
Declension
Declension of meang (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative meang meanga
vocative a mheang a mheanga
genitive meinge meang
dative meang meanga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an mheang na meanga
genitive na meinge na meang
dative leis an meang
don mheang 		leis na meanga
Derived terms
  • meangach (“deceitful”)
  • meangaire (“deceitful person”)
  • meangadh (“smile”)
  • meangán (“wile”)

Etymology 2

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Verb

meang (present analytic meangann, future analytic meangfaidh, verbal noun meangadh, past participle meangtha)

  1. (transitive) lop, prune
Conjugation
conjugation of meang (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun meangadh
past participle meangtha
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present meangaim meangann tú;
meangair† 		meangann sé, sí meangaimid meangann sibh meangann siad;
meangaid† 		a mheangann; a mheangas /
a meangann* 		meangtar
past mheang mé; mheangas mheang tú; mheangais mheang sé, sí mheangamar; mheang muid mheang sibh; mheangabhair mheang siad; mheangadar a mheang /
ar mheang* 		meangadh
past habitual mheangainn / meangainn‡‡ mheangtá / meangtᇇ mheangadh sé, sí / meangadh sé, s퇇 mheangaimis; mheangadh muid / meangaimis‡‡; meangadh muid‡‡ mheangadh sibh / meangadh sibh‡‡ mheangaidís; mheangadh siad / meangaidís‡‡; meangadh siad‡‡ a mheangadh /
a meangadh* 		mheangtaí / meangta퇇
future meangfaidh mé;
meangfad 		meangfaidh tú;
meangfair† 		meangfaidh sé, sí meangfaimid;
meangfaidh muid 		meangfaidh sibh meangfaidh siad;
meangfaid† 		a mheangfaidh; a mheangfas /
a meangfaidh* 		meangfar
conditional mheangfainn / meangfainn‡‡ mheangfá / meangfᇇ mheangfadh sé, sí / meangfadh sé, s퇇 mheangfaimis; mheangfadh muid / meangfaimis‡‡; meangfadh muid‡‡ mheangfadh sibh / meangfadh sibh‡‡ mheangfaidís; mheangfadh siad / meangfaidís‡‡; meangfadh siad‡‡ a mheangfadh /
a meangfadh* 		mheangfaí / meangfa퇇
subjunctive
present go meanga mé;
go meangad† 		go meanga tú;
go meangair† 		go meanga sé, sí go meangaimid;
go meanga muid 		go meanga sibh go meanga siad;
go meangaid† 		— go meangtar
past dá meangainn dá meangtá dá meangadh sé, sí dá meangaimis;
dá meangadh muid 		dá meangadh sibh dá meangaidís;
dá meangadh siad 		— dá meangtaí
imperative
– meangaim meang meangadh sé, sí meangaimis meangaigí;
meangaidh† 		meangaidís — meangtar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of meang
radical lenition eclipsis
meang mheang 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

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meang”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “meang”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[2], Stirling, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish medc, from Proto-Celtic *mezgos.

Pronunciation

Noun

meang m (genitive singular meanga)

  1. (Harris, North Uist) whey

Mutation

Mutation of meadhg
radical lenition
meadhg mheadhg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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