minc

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mink.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mʲɪɲc/

Noun

minc f (genitive singular mince, nominative plural minceanna)

  1. mink

Declension
Declension of minc

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative minc minceanna
Vocative a mhinc a mhinceanna
Genitive mince minceanna
Dative minc minceanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mhinc na minceanna
Genitive na mince na minceanna
Dative leis an minc

don mhinc

 leis na minceanna

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
minc mhinc not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Welsh
Minc

Etymology

Borrowed from English mink.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɪŋk/

Noun

minc m (plural mincod)

  1. mink, especially American mink, which is an introduced species in Wales (Mustela vison syn. Neogale vison or Neovison vison)[2]

Notes

There is a European mink (Mustela lutreola) but its range does not cover Britain and so a term for it is not recorded in Creaduriaid Asgwrn-Cefn (1994).

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
minc finc unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “minc”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (1994) Creaduriaid Asgwrn-Cefn: pysgod, amffibiaid, ymlusgiaid, adar a mamaliaid [Vertebrates: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 1)‎ (in Welsh), Tal-y-bont: Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 44
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