maen-hir

Breton

Etymology

  • Compound of maen (“stone”) +‎ hir (“long”).

    Noun

    maen-hir m (plural mein-hir)

    1. (archaeology) menhir (prehistoric monument consisting of a single tall standing stone)
      Synonym: peulvan

    Inflection

    Mutation of maen-hir
    unmutated soft aspirate hard
    singular maen-hir vaen-hir unchanged unchanged
    plural mein-hir vein-hir unchanged unchanged

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    Descendants

    • → French: menhir (see there for further descendants)
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