mì-innealta

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From mì- (negative prefix) + innealta (well-ordered; ingenious; neat; well-made; elegant).

Adjective

mì-innealta

  1. inelegant, ungenteel, clumsy, unseemly, ungraceful

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
mì-innealtamhì-innealta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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