muineál

See also: muineal

Irish

Alternative forms

• muineal, muinéal, muineul^[1]

Etymology

From Old Irish muinél.^[2]

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mʲ(ə)ˈnʲɑːl̪ˠ/,^[3][4] (as if spelled mineál)
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪnɑːl/^[5]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪn̠ʲalˠ/, /ˈmˠɪn̠ʲal̪ˠ/^[6] (as if spelled muinneál)

Noun

muineál m (genitive singular muiníl or muineáil, nominative plural muiníl or muineáil)

1. neck (part of body connecting the head and the trunk)

Declension

Declension of muineál (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative muineál muiníl vocative a mhuiníl a mhuineála genitive muiníl muineál dative muineál muiníl forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an muineál na muiníl genitive an mhuiníl na muineál dative leis an muineál don mhuineál leis na muiníl

Alternative declensions

Declension of muineál (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative muineál muineáil vocative a mhuineáil a mhuineála genitive muineáil muineál dative muineál muineáil forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an muineál na muineáil genitive an mhuineáil na muineál dative leis an muineál don mhuineál leis na muineáil

Derived terms

• cruamhuineálach
• gearrmhuineálach
• muineálach
• V-mhuineál

Mutation

Mutated forms of muineál

radical	lenition	eclipsis
muineál	mhuineál	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. “muineál”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
2. Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muinél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
3. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 189, page 94
4. Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 186
5. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 200
6. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 249, page 90

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muineál”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “muineál”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “muineál”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025