miann

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish mían (“desire, inclination”).

Noun

miann m or f (genitive singular miann, plural miannan or mianntan)

1. desire, will, purpose, intention
2. appetite, hunger
3. desire, love, lust
4. the thing desired or loved
5. longing peculiar to a woman with child
6. mole on the child, due to that desire not being satisfied
7. complete satisfaction
8. delight

Derived terms

• ana-miann (“lust”)
• dà-mhiannach (“bisexual”)
• miann còmhraig (“aggression”)
• miann gadachd (“kleptomania”)
• miannach (“eager, desirous, wishful”)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “miann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 mían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language