muin

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See also: mùin and múin

Finnish[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

muin

  1. instructive plural of muu

Anagrams[edit]

Scots[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English mone, Old English mōna, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (moon, month), from *meh₁- (to measure).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Particularly: “/møn/ or /mɪn/, as with mune?”

Noun[edit]

muin (plural muins)

  1. moon
  2. lunar month; calendar month

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Irish muin, from Proto-Celtic *monis, *manyā, from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (neck).

Noun[edit]

muin f (genitive singular muin)

  1. (anatomy) back (animal's)
  2. top
Usage notes[edit]
  • Usually used in the phrase 'air muin (on the back of, on top of, on, upon):
    air muin eichon the back of a horse
    Chuir e seacaid air agus air muin sin còta.He put on a jacket and on top of that a coat.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Irish múinid, possibly from Latin moneō (to remind, advise, teach), with phonological influence from mūnire (to defend, protect).

Verb[edit]

muin (past mhuin, future muinidh, verbal noun muineadh, past participle muinte)

  1. (dated) teach, instruct, educate, rear
  2. (dated) show, point out
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