mionchaint
Irish
Etymology
From mion- + caint.
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, retrieved 13 June 2020:
- 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.
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Declension
Declension of mionchaint
Second declension
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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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.