miotal

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish mital, mitall (“metal”), borrowed from Old French metal, from Latin metallum (“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʲit̪ˠəl̪ˠ/[2], /ˈmʲit̪ˠəlˠ/, /ˈmʲɨt̪ˠəlˠ/[3]

Noun

miotal m (genitive singular miotail, nominative plural miotail)

  1. metal
  2. mettle

Declension

Declension of miotal (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative miotal miotail
vocative a mhiotail a mhiotala
genitive miotail miotal
dative miotal miotail
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an miotal na miotail
genitive an mhiotail na miotal
dative leis an miotal
don mhiotal 		leis na miotail

Derived terms

  • clómhiotal
  • gan mhiotal (“insubstantial”)
  • miotal alcaile m (“alkali metal”)
  • miotal cré-alcaileach m (“alkali-earth metal”)
  • miotal éadrom m (“light metal”)
  • miotal fabhtach m (“honeycombed metal”)
  • miotal gan ghaibhneacht m (“unwrought metal”)
  • miotal gunna m (“gun metal”)
  • miotal lómhar m (“noble metal”)
  • miotal monaidh m (“coinage metal”)
  • miotal neamhlómhar m (“base metal”)
  • miotal róid m (“road-metal”)
  • miotal tanaí m (“light-section metal”)
  • miotal tiubh m (“heavy-gauge metal”)
  • miotal trom m (“heavy metal”)
  • miotal uasal m (“noble metal”)
  • miotalach (“metallic; spirited; hardy”, adjective)
  • miotalagrafaíocht
  • miotalaí f (“mettlesomeness; hardiness, wiriness”)
  • miotalaigh (“metallize”, verb)
  • miotalaigineas
  • miotalapróitéin f (“metalloprotein”)
  • miotaleolaíoch
  • miotaleolaíocht
  • miotalóideach (“metalloid”)
  • miotalóir
  • miotaltáirgeach (“metal-bearing”, adjective)
  • miotalú m (“metallization”)
  • neamh-mhiotal m (“non-metal”)
  • oibrí miotail m (“metalworker”)
  • pláta miotail m (“metal plate”)
  • sábh miotail m (“hacksaw”)
  • sail mhiotail f (“(metal) dross”)
  • sreang mhiotail

Mutation

Mutated forms of miotal
radical lenition eclipsis
miotal mhiotal not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mital(l)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977), Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], page 361
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 81

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “miotal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 750; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “miotal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “miotal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “miotal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
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