mionn
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editNoun
editmionn m (genitive singular mionna, nominative plural mionnaí or mionna)
- oath
- Synonym: móid
- tabhair mionn ― to swear, take an oath
- diadem, crown
- Synonym: coróin
- mionn ríoga ― royal crown, diadem
- (literary) halidom, venerated object, distinguishing symbol
Declension
editDeclension of mionn
- Alternative nominative/vocative/dative plural: mionna
Derived terms
edit- clár na mionn (“witness box”)
- coimisinéir mionn (“commissioner for oaths”)
- faoi bhrí na mionn (“under oath”)
- faoi mhionn (“under oath”)
- mionn bréige (“false oath, perjury”)
- mionn éithigh (“false oath, perjury”)
- mionn mór (“swear word, curse”)
- mionn séanta (“denial on oath”)
- mionnach
Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mionn | mhionn | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 mind, minn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “mionn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 488
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mionn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN