muinethar

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ·moinethar

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *manyetor, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, mind”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai, “be mad”) and Sanskrit मन्यते (mányate, “think”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmunʲeθar]

Verb

·muinethar

1. to meditate, to intend, to purpose
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4^c38

     inna hí dia ru muinestar som trócairi

     those for whom he has intended mercy

2. to think, to deem
   • c. 600-900, Amra Choluimb Chille, published in "The Bodleian Amra Choluimb Chille", Revue Celtique 20 (1899), pp. 31–55, 132–183, 248–289, 400–437; edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes, page 88

     miad mār munimar manna

     a great honour we deem the heavenly food

Derived terms

• ad·muinethar
• ar·muinethar
• do·muinethar
• do·ruimnethar
• for·aithminedar
• for·muinethar
• fo·muinethar

 

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
·muinethar also ·mmuinethar	·muinethar pronounced with /-ṽ(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.