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míanach

míanach

See also: mianach

Old Irish

Adjective

míanach

desirous, eager, wishful

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

míanaigid ‎(“desires, craves”)

Etymology 2

From mían ‎(“mineral, ore”) +‎ -ach.

Noun

míanach m ‎(genitive míanaigh, nominative plural míanaighi)

(mining) vein of ore, mine

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

míanaigid ‎(“breaks ore”)

Descendants

Irish: mianach ‎(“ore; mine; stuff, material, substance, quality”)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
míanach also mmíanach after a proclitic	míanach pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/	míanach also mmíanach after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“1 míanach (‘desirous’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“2 míanach (‘vein of ore’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.