meangadh

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Irish mangad (“smile”).[2] Perhaps influenced in form by meang (“deceit”).

Noun

meangadh m (genitive singular meangtha)

  1. smile
    Synonyms: fáthadh an gháire, meangadh gáire, miongháire
Declension
Declension of meangadh

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative meangadh
Vocative a mheangadh
Genitive meangtha
Dative meangadh

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an meangadh
Genitive an mheangtha
Dative leis an meangadh

don mheangadh

Derived terms
  • leamh-mheangadh (“simpering smile, smirk”)
  • meangaire (“smiling, deceitful person”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

meangadh

  1. inflection of meang:
    1. past autonomous
    2. imperative analytic
    3. past subjunctive analytic

Noun

meangadh m (genitive singular meangtha)

  1. verbal noun of meang (“lop, prune”)
Declension
Declension of meangadh

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative meangadh
Vocative a mheangadh
Genitive meangtha
Dative meangadh

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an meangadh
Genitive an mheangtha
Dative leis an meangadh

don mheangadh

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

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 302, page 106
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mangad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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