meann
See also: meánn
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *mendo- (“kid, suckling”), which could ultimately be from the same root as maoin (“mild, tender”),[1] though Stokes prefers a comparison to Ancient Greek μαζός (mazós, “breast”), Old High German manzon, Albanian mεnt (“suck”).
Noun
[edit]meann m (genitive singular minn, plural minn)
- kid (animal)
References
[edit]- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “meann”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN