meangadh

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Irish mangad (“smile”).[2] Perhaps influenced in form by meang (“deceit”).

Noun

meangadh m (genitive singular meangtha)

  1. smile
    Synonyms: fáthadh an gháire, meangadh gáire, miongháire
Declension
Declension of meangadh (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative meangadh
vocative a mheangadh
genitive meangtha
dative meangadh
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an meangadh
genitive an mheangtha
dative leis an meangadh
don mheangadh
Derived terms
  • leamh-mheangadh (“simpering smile, smirk”)
  • meangaire (“smiling, deceitful person”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

meangadh

  1. inflection of meang:
    1. past autonomous
    2. imperative analytic
    3. past subjunctive analytic

Noun

meangadh m (genitive singular meangtha)

  1. verbal noun of meang (“lop, prune”)
Declension
Declension of meangadh (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative meangadh
vocative a mheangadh
genitive meangtha
dative meangadh
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an meangadh
genitive an mheangtha
dative leis an meangadh
don mheangadh

Mutation

Mutated forms of meangadh
radical lenition eclipsis
meangadh mheangadh 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, § 302, page 106
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mangad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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