mionta
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Irish
Etymology
From Middle English mynt (“money, coin”), from Old English mynet (“coin”), from Proto-West Germanic *munit, from Latin monēta (“place for making coins, coined money”), from the temple of Juno Moneta (named for Monēta mother of the Muses), where coins were made, possibly from moneo (“I warn, advise”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mionta m (genitive singular mionta, nominative plural miontaí)
- mint (money-producing building or institution)
Declension
Declension of mionta
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mionta | mhionta | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mionta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (think)
- Irish terms borrowed from Middle English
- Irish terms derived from Middle English
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- Irish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Irish terms derived from Latin
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
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