mían

See also: mian, Mian, mián, miàn, miǎn, and Appendix:Variations of "mian"

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• méin

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mēnis (“ore”).

Noun

mían f (genitive míana)

1. (mining) mineral, ore

Derived terms

• míanach (“vein of ore, mine”)
• míanaige (“miner”)

Descendants

• Manx: meain
• Scottish Gaelic: mèinn

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
mían	mían pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 mían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mēnom, possibly from *mey- (“change”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲiːa̯n/

Noun

mían n or m (genitive méin, nominative plural míana)

1. desire, inclination; object of desire

Inflection

As neuter noun:

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	míanN	míanN	míanL, míana
Vocative	míanN	míanN	míanL, míana
Accusative	míanN	míanN	míanL, míana
Genitive	méinL	mían	míanN
Dative	míanL	míanaib	míanaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

As masculine noun:

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	mían	míanL	méinL
Vocative	méin	míanL	míanuH
Accusative	míanN	míanL	míanuH
Genitive	méinL	mían	míanN
Dative	míanL	míanaib	míanaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• míanach (“desirous, eager, wishful”)
• míanaid (“desires, longs for”, verb)
• míangus (“eager desire”)

Descendants

• Irish: mian
• Manx: mian
• Scottish Gaelic: miann

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
mían also mmían after a proclitic ending in a vowel	mían pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 mían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language