meatonaime

Irish

Etymology

From Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετωνυμίᾱ (metōnumíā, “change of name”), from μετά (metá, “other”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).

Noun

meatonaime f (genitive singular meatonaime, nominative plural meatonaimí)

1. metonymy

Declension

Declension of meatonaime

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative meatonaime meatonaimí Vocative a mheatonaime a mheatonaimí Genitive meatonaime meatonaimí Dative meatonaime meatonaimí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mheatonaime na meatonaimí Genitive na meatonaime na meatonaimí Dative leis an meatonaime don mheatonaime leis na meatonaimí

Derived terms

• meatonaimeach (“metonymic, metonymical”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
meatonaime	mheatonaime	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) “meatonaime”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN