mì-
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Namuyi
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]mì-
- denotes a downward direction
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish mí- (compare Irish mí-), from Proto-Indo-European *mei- (“to change”). Cognate with English mis-, Latin minus (“lesser”), Ancient Greek μείων (meíōn, “less”).
Prefix
[edit]mì-
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
mì- | mhì- |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mí-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language