mèinn

See also: meinn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish mían (“mineral, ore”).

Noun

mèinn f (genitive singular mèinne, plural mèinnean)

  1. (geology, mining) ore; mine, vein, seam (deposit of ore)
  2. mine (explosive)
  3. mind, desire, inclination, disposition (whether good or bad)
  4. native quality or energy
  5. love, fondness
  6. discretion, clemency
  7. expression
  8. air; mien
  9. mercy; kindness; tenderness

Derived terms

Verb

mèinn (past mhèinn, future mèinnidh, verbal noun mèinneadh, past participle mèinnte)

  1. (geology, mining) mine, excavate

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
mèinnmhèinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “mèinn”, 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), “2 mían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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