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mìn
mìn
See also: Appendix:Variations of "min"
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [miːn]
Etymology 1
From Old Irish mín (“smooth, level; arable, fertile; smooth, calm; self-restrained, gentle, placid, courteous, docile; digestible, palatable”).
Adjective
mìn (comparative mìne)
- clement, gentle
- meek
- pleasant, inoffensive, melodious
- downy
- fine
- glossy, sleek, smooth
- silky
- powdery
- bland
Etymology 2
Noun
mìn m (genitive singular mìne, plural mìnichean)
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9