meantán
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Irish minntán, diminutive of minta (“small bird”).
Noun
[edit]meantán m (genitive singular meantáin, nominative plural meantáin)
Declension
[edit]Declension of meantán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- meantán crochta (“Eurasian penduline tit”)
- meantán croiméalach (“bearded tit”)
- meantán cuircíneach (“crested tit”)
- meantán dubh (“coal tit”)
- meantán earrfhada (“long-tailed tit”)
- meantán gorm (“blue tit”)
- meantán lathaí (“marsh tit”)
- meantán léana (“willow tit”)
- meantán mór (“great tit”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
meantán | mheantán | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meantán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “minntán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language