meain
Manx
Etymology
From Middle Irish mían (“mineral, ore”).
Noun
meain f (genitive singular meainey)
Derived terms
- co-veain (“alloy”)
- meain ghunney (“gunmetal”)
- meainagh (“metalliferous”)
Mutation
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 mían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language