miontas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish minntus, probably ultimately from Latin mentha, from Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē).

Noun

miontas m (genitive singular miontais, nominative plural miontais)

1. mint

Declension

Declension of miontas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative miontas miontais Vocative a mhiontais a mhiontasa Genitive miontais miontas Dative miontas miontais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an miontas na miontais Genitive an mhiontais na miontas Dative leis an miontas don mhiontas leis na miontais

Derived terms

• miontas cait m (“catmint, catnip”)
• miontas piobair m (“peppermint”)

Related terms

• meantól (“menthol”)

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “miontas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN