muinethar

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • ·moinethar

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *manyetor, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (to think, mind). Cognate with Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai, be mad) and Sanskrit मन्यते (mányate, think).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmunʲeθar]

Verb

·muinethar

  1. to meditate, to intend, to purpose
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4c38
      inna hí dia ru muinestar som trócairi
      those for whom he has intended mercy
  2. to think, to deem
    • c. 600-900, Amra Choluimb Chille, published in "The Bodleian Amra Choluimb Chille", Revue Celtique 20 (1899), pp. 31–55, 132–183, 248–289, 400–437; edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes, page 88
      miad mār munimar manna
      a great honour we deem the heavenly food

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of ·muinethar
radical lenition nasalization
·muinethar
also ·mmuinethar
·muinethar
pronounced with /β̃-/
·muinethar
also ·mmuinethar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.