miann
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Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish mían (“desire, inclination”).
Noun[edit]
miann m or f (genitive singular miann, plural miannan or mianntan)
- desire, will, purpose, intention
- appetite, hunger
- desire, love, lust
- the thing desired or loved
- longing peculiar to a woman with child
- mole on the child, due to that desire not being satisfied
- complete satisfaction
- delight
Derived terms[edit]
- ana-miann (“lust”)
- dà-mhiannach (“bisexual”)
- miann còmhraig (“aggression”)
- miann gadachd (“kleptomania”)
- miannach (“eager, desirous, wishful”)
References[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “miann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 mían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language