miontas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish minntus, probably ultimately from Latin mentha, from Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē).

Noun

miontas m (genitive singular miontais, nominative plural miontais)

  1. mint

Declension

Declension of miontas (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative miontas miontais
vocative a mhiontais a mhiontasa
genitive miontais miontas
dative miontas miontais
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an miontas na miontais
genitive an mhiontais na miontas
dative leis an miontas
don mhiontas 		leis na miontais

Derived terms

  • miontas cait m (“catmint, catnip”)
  • miontas piobair m (“peppermint”)
  • meantól (“menthol”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of miontas
radical lenition eclipsis
miontas mhiontas 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

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