mìos

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish , from Proto-Celtic *mīns, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s. The -s is taken over from the Old Irish genitive (singular and plural) mís and vocative/accusative plural mísa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mìos m or f (genitive singular mìosa, plural mìosan)

  1. month
  2. (rarely) moon

Derived terms

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References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “mìos”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN