meana
Irish
Alternative forms
- meanaidh, meanaithe
Etymology
From Old Irish menad. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic minidh and Manx mennee.
Pronunciation
Declension
Declension of meana
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Descendants
- → Yola: managh
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| meana | mheana | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46
Further reading
- “meana”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “menad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “meana”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 473
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meana”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Ladino
Etymology
From Turkish meyhane, from Persian میخانه (meyxâne), compound of Persian می (may, “wine”) and Persian خانه (xâne, “house”).
Further reading
- Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “meaná, meané”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 353
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