miotal
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish mital, mitall (“metal”), borrowed from Old French metal, from Latin metallum (“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmʲɪt̪ˠəlˠ/
Noun
miotal m (genitive singular miotail, nominative plural miotail)
- metal
- hard, solid, material
- mettle, spirit; hardihood
Declension
Declension of miotal
First declension
Bare forms:
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Derived terms
- clómhiotal
- gan mhiotal (“insubstantial”)
- miotalach (“metallic; spirited; hardy”, adjective)
- miotalagrafaíocht
- miotalaigh (“metallize”, verb)
- miotalaigineas
- miotalaí f (“mettlesomeness; hardiness, wiriness”)
- miotal alcaile m (“alkali metal”)
- miotalapróitéin f (“metalloprotein”)
- miotal cré-alcaileach m (“alkali-earth metal”)
- miotal éadrom m (“light metal”)
- miotaleolaíoch
- miotaleolaíocht
- miotal fabhtach m (“honeycombed metal”)
- miotal gan ghaibhneacht m (“unwrought metal”)
- miotal gunna m (“gun metal”)
- miotal lómhar m, miotal uasal m (“noble metal”)
- miotal monaidh m (“coinage metal”)
- miotal neamhlómhar m (“base metal”)
- miotalóideach (“metalloid”)
- miotalóir
- miotal róid m (“road-metal”)
- miotaltáirgeach (“metal-bearing”, adjective)
- miotal tanaí m (“light-section metal”)
- miotal tiubh m (“heavy-gauge metal”)
- miotal trom m (“heavy metal”)
- miotalú m (“metallization”)
- neamh-mhiotal m (“non-metal”)
- oibrí miotail m (“metalworker”)
- pláta miotail m (“metal plate”)
- sábh miotail m (“hacksaw”)
- sail mhiotail f (“(metal) dross”)
- sreang mhiotail
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
miotal | mhiotal | 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), “miotal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mital(l)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “miotal” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “miotal” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.