mionchaint
Irish
Noun
mionchaint f (genitive singular mionchainte)
- small talk, tittle-tattle
- 2012 October, Pádraig G. Ó Laighin, “Is Mithid dom féin…”, in Feasta, archived from the original on 20 November 2017:
- A comhphaisinéirí a bhí ag mionchaint i dtosach an turais, tháinig marbhántacht orthu.
- Her fellow passengers, who had been making small talk at the start of the journey, became listless.
Declension
Declension of mionchaint
Second declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mionchaint | mhionchaint | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mionchaint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “mionchaint” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “mionchaint” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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