miotán

Irish

Alternative forms

• miodán

Etymology

From Old French mitaine (“mitten”), assimilated to the suffix -án.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɨ̞t̪ˠanˠ/

Noun

miotán m (genitive singular miotáin, nominative plural miotáin)

1. deformed hand
2. vampless stocking

Declension

Declension of miotán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative miotán miotáin Vocative a mhiotáin a mhiotána Genitive miotáin miotán Dative miotán miotáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an miotán na miotáin Genitive an mhiotáin na miotán Dative leis an miotán don mhiotán leis na miotáin

Derived terms

• miotánach
• bí sna miotáin (“be in dire poverty”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
miotán	mhiotán	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “miotán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 490
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “miotán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 38