mionn

Irish

Alternative forms

mionna

Etymology

From Old Irish mind.

Noun

mionn m (genitive singular mionna, nominative plural mionnaí or mionna)

oath
Synonym: móid

tabhair mionn ― to swear, take an oath
diadem, crown
Synonym: coróin

mionn ríoga ― royal crown, diadem
(literary) halidom, venerated object, distinguishing symbol

Declension

Declension of mionn

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mionn	mionnaí
Vocative	a mhionn	a mhionnaí
Genitive	mionna	mionn
Dative	mionn	mionnaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an mionn	na mionnaí
Genitive	an mhionna	na mionn
Dative	leis an mionn don mhionn	leis na mionnaí

Alternative nominative/vocative/dative plural: mionna

Derived terms

clár na mionn (“witness box”)
coimisinéir mionn (“commissioner for oaths”)
faoi bhrí na mionn (“under oath”)
faoi mhionn (“under oath”)
mionn bréige (“false oath, perjury”)
mionn éithigh (“false oath, perjury”)
mionn mór (“swear word, curse”)
mionn séanta (“denial on oath”)
mionnach

Mutation

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

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 mind, minn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “mionn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 488
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mionn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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