muin

See also mùin, and múin

Akkala Sami

Pronoun

muinˑ

1. I (first-person singular pronoun, comitative)

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Finnish

Pronoun

muin

1. (indefinite) Instructive plural form of muu.

Anagrams

• imun, muni

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Scots

Etymology

From Old English mōna, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from *mē-² (“to measure”)

Noun

muin (plural muins)

1. moon

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish muin, from Proto-Celtic *moni-, *manjā-, from Proto-Indo-European *mony-, *mon- (“neck”).

Noun

muin f (genitive muin)

1. back (animal's)
2. top

Usage notes

• Usually used in the phrase air muin ("on the back of, on top of, on, upon"):

  air muin eich - on the back of a horse

  chuir e seacaid air agus air muin sin còta - he put on a jacket and on top of that a coat

Etymology 2

From Old Irish múinid, possibly from Latin monēre (“to remind, advise, teach”), with phonological influence from mūnire (“to defend, protect”).

Verb

muin

1. (dated) teach, instruct, educate, rear
2. (dated) show, point out

Synonyms

• (teach, rear): teagaisg, tog
• (show): seall, nochd