monadh

See also: mónadh

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

monadh m (genitive singular monadh)

1. coinage, coin

   Synonym: mona

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Entries containing “monadh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Pictish [Term?], itself from Proto-Brythonic *mönɨð (compare Welsh mynydd, Cornish menydh, Breton menez), from Proto-Celtic *moniyos, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”) (compare Latin mōns).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔnəɣ/

Noun

monadh m (genitive singular monaidh, plural monaidhean)

1. moor, heath

   Synonyms: mòinteach, sliabh

2. (Argyll, Argyll and Bute) mountain, hill

   Synonyms: beinn, cnoc, sliabh

3. Any hill-pasture as distinguished from meadow and arable land.

Derived terms

• coiseachd monaidh (“hillwalking”)
• coisiche monaidh (“hillwalker”)
• corra-mhonaidh (“crane”)
• dearcag-mhonaidh (“bilberry, blaeberry”) (Lochaber)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
monadh	mhonadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “monadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN