miannach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From miann (“appetite; craving, desire, itch; longing, wish”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

miannach (genitive singular masculine miannaich, comparative miannaiche)

  1. eager, desirous, wishful

Declension

First declension; forms of the positive degree:

Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
Nominative
Vocative mhiannaich mhiannaich
Genitive mhiannaich miannaich
Dative mhiannaich

Comparative/superlative: miannaiche

Mutation

Mutation of miannach
radical lenition
miannach mhiannach

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

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