mianach

See also: míanach

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈmʲiən̪ˠəx/[1]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmʲiənˠəx/, /ˈmʲiːnˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmʲiənˠa(x)/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish míanach (“vein of ore, mine”), from mían (“mineral, ore”).[2]

Noun

mianach m (genitive singular mianaigh, nominative plural mianaigh)

  1. (mining) ore
    Synonym: mian
  2. (mining) mine
  3. (military) mine
  4. stuff, material, substance, quality
Declension
Declension of mianach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative mianach mianaigh
vocative a mhianaigh a mhianacha
genitive mianaigh mianach
dative mianach mianaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an mianach na mianaigh
genitive an mhianaigh na mianach
dative leis an mianach
don mhianach 		leis na mianaigh
Derived terms
  • innealtóir mianach (“mining engineer”)
  • mianach guail (“coal-mine, colliery”)
  • mianach talún (“landmine”)
  • mianach teagmhála (“contact mine”)

Etymology 2

From mian +‎ -ach.

Adjective

mianach (genitive singular masculine mianaigh, genitive singular feminine mianaí, plural mianacha, comparative mianaí)

  1. synonym of mianúil (“desirous”)
Declension
Declension of mianach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative mianach mhianach mianacha;
mhianacha2
vocative mhianaigh mianacha
genitive mianaí mianacha mianach
dative mianach;
mhianach1 		mhianach;
mhianaigh (archaic) 		mianacha;
mhianacha2
Comparative níos mianaí
Superlative is mianaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of mianach
radical lenition eclipsis
mianach mhianach 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. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 207, page 104
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 míanach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmja.nax/
  • Rhymes: -anax
  • Syllabification: mia‧nach

Noun

mianach n

  1. locative plural of miano
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