miann

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish mían (“desire, inclination”).

Noun

miann m or f (genitive singular miann, plural miannan or mianntan)

desire, will, purpose, intention
appetite, hunger
desire, love, lust
the thing desired or loved
longing peculiar to a woman with child
mole on the child, due to that desire not being satisfied
complete satisfaction
delight

Derived terms

ana-miann (“lust”)
dà-mhiannach (“bisexual”)
miann còmhraig (“aggression”)
miann gadachd (“kleptomania”)
miannach (“eager, desirous, wishful”)

References

Edward Dwelly (1911) “miann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 mían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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