meanma
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish menma, from Old Irish menmae, from Proto-Celtic *menmens, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, remember”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]meanma f (genitive singular meanman)
- mind, thought, attention
- state of mind, spirit, courage, morale
- disposition, inclination, desire
- presentiment
- (music) spirit
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| meanma | mheanma | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meanma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 menma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meanma”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “meanma”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (think)
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
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- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
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