meannán

meannán

Irish

Alternative forms

• mionnán

Etymology

From Middle Irish mendán; by surface analysis, meann +‎ -án

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲan̪ˠanˠ/

Noun

meannán m (genitive singular meannáin, nominative plural meannáin)

1. kid (young goat)

Declension

Declension of meannán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative meannán meannáin Vocative a mheannáin a mheannána Genitive meannáin meannán Dative meannán meannáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an meannán na meannáin Genitive an mheannáin na meannán Dative leis an meannán don mheannán leis na meannáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
meannán	mheannán	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “meannán” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mennán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “meannán” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 474.
• "meannán" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42