mìos
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish mí, from Proto-Celtic *mīns, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s. The -s is taken over from the Old Irish genitive (singular and plural) mís and vocative/accusative plural mísa.
Pronunciation
- (Lewis, Harris, Skye) IPA(key): /mĩə̃s̪/[1][2][3]
- (Uist, Barra, Wester Ross) IPA(key): /mĩãs̪/[4][2][5][6]; (unstressed form) /mɛs̪/[7]
- (Argyll) IPA(key): /mĩːs̪/
Noun
mìos m or f (genitive singular mìosa, plural mìosan)
Derived terms
- fuil-mhìos f (“menstruation”)
- mìosachan m (“calendar”)
- mìos nam pòg m or f (“honeymoon”)
References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 145
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 27
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 81
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 63
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[2], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 54
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “mìos”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN