muineál

muineál

See also: muineal

Irish

Alternative forms

• muineal, muinéal, muineul

Etymology

From Old Irish muinél.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mʲ(ə)ˈnʲɑːl̪ˠ/ (as if spelled mineál)[1] [2]
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪnɑːl/[3]

Noun

muineál m (genitive singular muiníl or muineáil, nominative plural muiníl or muineáil)

1. neck (part of body connecting the head and the trunk)
2. (golf) hosel
3. (cycling) stem

Declension

Declension of muineál

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative muineál muiníl Vocative a mhuiníl a mhuineála Genitive muiníl muineál Dative muineál muiníl

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an muineál na muiníl Genitive an mhuiníl na muineál Dative leis an muineál don mhuineál leis na muiníl

Alternative declensions

Declension of muineál

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative muineál muineáil Vocative a mhuineáil a mhuineála Genitive muineáil muineál Dative muineál muineáil

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an muineál na muineáil Genitive an mhuineáil na muineál Dative leis an muineál don mhuineál leis na muineáil

Derived terms

• cruamhuineálach
• gearrmhuineálach
• muineálach
• V-mhuineál

 

Mutation

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

References

1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 94
2. Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 186
3. Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 200.

Further reading

• “muineál”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “muineál”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “muinél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “muineál” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “muineál” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.