muin

See also: mùin and múin

Finnish

Pronoun

muin

1. instructive plural of muu

Anagrams

• imun, miun, muni

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish muin, from Proto-Celtic *monis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mˠinʲ/

Noun

muin f (genitive singular muine, nominative plural muiní)

1. upper back

Declension

Declension of muin (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative muin muiní vocative a mhuin a mhuiní genitive muine muiní dative muin muiní forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an mhuin na muiní genitive na muine na muiní dative leis an muin don mhuin leis na muiní

Derived terms

• ar mhuin (“on top of”)
• ar mhuine na muice (“in luck”)
• ar muin capaill (“on horseback”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of muin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
muin	mhuin	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “muin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 768; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “muin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Muin

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *monis, from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“neck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmunʲ/

Noun

muin f

1. upper back
2. upper part, top

Derived terms

• i mmuin (“in addition”)
• muince (“necklace”)
• muinél (“neck”)
• muintorc (“collar, torque”)

Descendants

• Irish: muin
• Scottish Gaelic: muin

Mutation

Mutation of muin

radical	lenition	nasalization
muin also mmuin in h-prothesis environments	muin pronounced with /β̃-/	muin also mmuin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 muin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scots

Alternative forms

• mone, monne, moon, moune, mowne, moyn, moyne, mune, mwne

Etymology

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”).

Noun

muin (plural muins)

1. moon
2. lunar month; calendar month

Further reading

• “muin”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muɲ/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

muin f (genitive singular muin)

1. (anatomy) back (animal's)
2. top

Usage notes

• Usually used in the phrase 'air muin (“on the back of, on top of, on, upon”):

  air muin eich ― on 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

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

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of muin (regular)

indicative	independent		dependent
	personal	impersonal	personal	impersonal
past	mhuin	mhuineadh	mhuin	mhuineadh
future	muinidh	muinear muintear	muin	muinear muintear
relative future	mhuineas	mhuinear	—	—
conditional	independent		dependent
	personal	impersonal	personal	impersonal
first person singular	mhuininn	mhuinteadh mhuinist1 mhuiniste1	muininn	muinteadh muinist1 muiniste1
first person plural	mhuineamaid mhuineadh sinn		muineamaid muineadh sinn
second/third person	mhuineadh		muineadh
imperative	independent
	singular	plural	impersonal
first person	muineam	muineamaid	muinear muintear
second person	muin	muinibh
third person	muineadh
past participle	muinte
verbal noun	muineadh

1. Lewis dialect form

Synonyms

• (teach, rear): teagaisg, tog
• (show): seall, nochd

Mutation

Mutation of muin

radical	lenition
muin	mhuin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.