mionchaint
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]mionchaint f (genitive singular mionchainte)
- small talk, tittle-tattle
- 2012 October, Pádraig G. Ó Laighin, “Is Mithid dom féin…”, in Feasta[1], archived from the original on 20 November 2017:
- A comhphaisinéirí a bhí ag mionchaint i dtosach an turais, tháinig marbhántacht orthu.
- Her fellow passengers, who had been making small talk at the start of the journey, became listless.
Declension
[edit]Declension of mionchaint
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mionchaint | mhionchaint | 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) “mionchaint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mionchaint”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “mionchaint”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024