meann

See also: meánn

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish menn, from Old Irish mend,[1] from Proto-Celtic *mendos (“kid, suckling”).

Noun

meann m (genitive singular minn, nominative plural meanna)

  1. (literary) kid (young goat)
Declension
Declension of meann (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative meann meanna
vocative a mhinn a mheanna
genitive minn meann
dative meann meanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an meann na meanna
genitive an mhinn na meann
dative leis an meann
don mheann 		leis na meanna
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • meann gabhair (“male snipe”)
  • meannán (“kid (goat)”)
  • meannleathar (“kidskin”)
  • minseach (“nanny goat”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish menn.[2]

Noun

meann m (genitive singular minn, nominative plural minn)

  1. (literary) blemish, defect
Declension
Declension of meann (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative meann minn
vocative a mhinn a mheanna
genitive minn meann
dative meann minn
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an meann na minn
genitive an mhinn na meann
dative leis an meann
don mheann 		leis na minn

Etymology 3

From Middle Irish mend.[3]

Adjective

meann (genitive singular masculine minn, genitive singular feminine minne, plural meanna)

  1. (literary) stammering, inarticulate
Declension
Declension of meann
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative meann mheann meanna;
mheanna2
vocative mhinn meanna
genitive minne meanna meann
dative meann;
mheann1 		mheann;
mhinn (archaic) 		meanna;
mheanna2
Comparative níos minne
Superlative is minne

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Etymology 4

From Old Irish menn.[4]

Adjective

meann (genitive singular masculine minn, genitive singular feminine minne, plural meanna)

  1. (obsolete) clear, limpid, pellucid
Declension
Declension of meann
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative meann mheann meanna;
mheanna2
vocative mhinn meanna
genitive minne meanna meann
dative meann;
mheann1 		mheann;
mhinn (archaic) 		meanna;
mheanna2
Comparative níos minne
Superlative is minne

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms
  • Muir Mheann (“Irish Sea”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of meann
radical lenition eclipsis
meann mheann not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 menn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “4 menn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 menn, mend”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 menn, mend”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “meann”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 726; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “meann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish menn, from Old Irish mend, from Proto-Celtic *mendos (“kid, suckling”), which could ultimately be from the same root as maoin (“mild, tender”),[1] though Stokes prefers a comparison to Ancient Greek μαζός (mazós, “breast”), Old High German manzon, Albanian mεnt (“suck”).

Noun

meann m (genitive singular minn, plural minn)

  1. kid (young goat)

Mutation

Mutation of meann
radical lenition
meann mheann

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

References

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “meann”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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