mianadóir
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish mían (“vein of ore, mine”) + -adóir (compare Scottish Gaelic mèinneadair).
Noun
[edit]mianadóir m (genitive singular mianadóra, nominative plural mianadóirí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of mianadóir
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- mianadóir guail m (“coal-miner”)
- mianadóir óir m (“gold-miner”)
- mianadóir salainn m (“salter”)
- mianadóir stáin m (“tinner”)
- mianadóireacht f (“(act of) mining; (act of) burrowing, excavating, digging deep”)
Related terms
[edit]- mianach m (“ore; mine”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mianadóir | mhianadóir | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mianadóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 mían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mianadóir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “mianadóir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024