monadh
See also: mónadh
Irish
Etymology
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Noun
monadh m (genitive singular monadh)
- coinage, coin
- Synonym: mona
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| monadh | mhonadh | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Entries containing “monadh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Pictish [Term?], itself from Proto-Brythonic [[Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/mönɨð|]] (compare Welsh mynydd, Cornish menydh, Breton menez), from Proto-Celtic *moniyos, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”) (compare Latin mōns).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔnəɣ/
Noun
monadh m (genitive singular monaidh, plural monaidhean)
- moor, heath
- Synonyms: mòinteach, sliabh
- (Argyll, Argyll and Bute) mountain, hill
- Synonyms: beinn, cnoc, sliabh
- Any hill-pasture as distinguished from meadow and arable land.
Derived terms
- coiseachd monaidh (“hillwalking”)
- coisiche monaidh (“hillwalker”)
- corra-mhonaidh (“crane”)
- dearcag-mhonaidh (“bilberry, blaeberry”) (Lochaber)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| monadh | mhonadh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “monadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN