miontas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish minntus, probably ultimately from Latin mentha, from Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē).

Noun

miontas m (genitive singular miontais, nominative plural miontais)

1. mint

Declension

Declension of miontas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative miontas miontais vocative a mhiontais a mhiontasa genitive miontais miontas dative miontas miontais forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an miontas na miontais genitive an mhiontais na miontas dative leis an miontas don mhiontas leis na miontais

Derived terms

• miontas cait m (“catmint, catnip”)
• miontas piobair m (“peppermint”)

Related terms

• meantól (“menthol”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of miontas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
miontas	mhiontas	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “miontas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN