muinél

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Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *moniklos, cognate with Welsh mwnwgl), derived from Proto-Celtic *monis (from which Middle Irish muin (neck, nape) and Welsh mŵn (neck)), from Proto-Indo-European *mon-i- (neck). Related to Sanskrit मन्या (mányā-, neck), Latin monīle (necklace), and English mane. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (to stand out).[1][2]

Noun[edit]

muinél m

  1. (anatomy) neck
  2. neck, narrow part (of objects)

Inflection[edit]

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative muinél muinélL muiniúilL
Vocative muiniúil muinélL *muinéoluH
Accusative muinélN muinélL *muinéoluH
Genitive muiniúilL muinél muinélN
Dative muinéolL muinélaib muinélaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants[edit]

  • Irish: muineál
  • Manx: mwannal
  • Scottish Gaelic: muineal

References[edit]

  1. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1960) “muin”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume M-P, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page M-72
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “moni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “muinél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language