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See also: míanach
Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈmʲiən̪ˠəx/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmʲiənˠəx/, /ˈmʲiːnˠəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmʲiənˠa(h)/
Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish míanach (“vein of ore, mine”), from mían (“mineral, ore”).
Noun
[edit]mianach m (genitive singular mianaigh, nominative plural mianaigh)
Declension
[edit]Declension of mianach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- innealtóir mianach (“mining engineer”)
- mianach guail (“coal-mine, colliery”)
- mianach talún (“landmine”)
- mianach teagmhála (“contact mine”)
Related terms
[edit]- mianadóir (“miner”)
- mianadóireacht (“(act of) mining;. (act of) burrowing, excavating, digging deep”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mianach (genitive singular masculine mianaigh, genitive singular feminine mianaí, plural mianacha, comparative mianaí)
- Synonym of mianúil (“desirous”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of mianach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | 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
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mianach | mhianach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mianach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 míanach (‘vein of ore’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “mianach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 481
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mianach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “mianach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mianach n
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- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Irish adjectives
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- Rhymes:Polish/anax
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- Polish non-lemma forms
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