muineál

See also: muineal

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish muinél,[2] from Proto-Celtic *moniklos (“neck”), derived form of *monis (“neck”), from Proto-Indo-European *mónis (“neck”), perhaps ultimately from *men- (“to stand out”).[3][4]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /mʲ(ə)ˈnʲɑːl̪ˠ/[5][6] (as if spelled mineál)
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmˠinʲɑːlˠ/[7]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠin̠ʲalˠ/[8] (as if spelled muinneál)

Noun

muineál m (genitive singular muiníl or muineáil, nominative plural muiníl or muineáil)

  1. neck (part of body connecting the head and the trunk)

Declension

Declension of muineál (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative muineál muiníl
vocative a mhuiníl a mhuineála
genitive muiníl muineál
dative muineál muiníl
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an muineál na muiníl
genitive an mhuiníl na muineál
dative leis an muineál
don mhuineál 		leis na muiníl
Alternative declensions
Declension of muineál (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative muineál muineáil
vocative a mhuineáil a mhuineála
genitive muineáil muineál
dative muineál muineáil
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an muineál na muineáil
genitive an mhuineáil na muineál
dative leis an muineál
don mhuineál 		leis na muineáil

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of muineál
radical lenition eclipsis
muineál mhuineál 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

References
  1. ^ “muineál”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muinél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1960), “muin”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume M-P, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page M-72
  4. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “moni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
  5. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 189, page 94
  6. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000), Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 194, page 96
  7. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 200
  8. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 249, page 90

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