monadh

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Irish

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Etymology

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Noun

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monadh m (genitive singular monadh)

  1. coinage, coin
    Synonym: mona

Mutation

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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

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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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

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Mutation

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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

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