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misneach
misneach
Irish
Noun
misneach m, f (genitive singular misnigh)
- courage
- hopefulness, cheer; feeling of well-being
Declension
Declension of misneach
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- mórmhisneach (“great courage; sanguineness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| misneach | mhisneach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "misneach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “meisnech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish meisnech (“courage, spirit”).
Noun
misneach f, m
- bravery, courage, spirit, fortitude
- alacrity
- manliness
- resolution, determination
- encouragement, inducement
- morale, cheer
- encouragement
Synonyms
- (bravery, inducement, morale): misneachd
Derived terms
Related terms
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
- “meisnech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.