mial

See also: miał and miął

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish míl, from Proto-Celtic *mīlom (compare Welsh mil), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (compare Dutch maal (“calf”), Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “sheep”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miəl̪ˠ/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): [mĩʊ̃l̪ˠ][1]

Noun

mial f (genitive singular miala, plural mialan)

  1. louse
  2. tick (insect)

See also

Mutation

Mutation of mial
radical lenition
mial mhial

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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