muinél

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *moniklos, cognate with Welsh mwnwgl), derived from Proto-Celtic *monis (from which Old Irish muin (“neck, nape”) and Welsh mŵn (“neck”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mon-i- (“neck”). Related to Sanskrit मन्या (mányā-, “neck”), Latin monīle (“necklace”), and English mane. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out”)[1][2].

Noun

muinél m

  1. (anatomy) neck
  2. (of objects) neck, narrow part

Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative muinél muinélL muiniúilL
Vocative muiniúil muinélL *muinéoluH
Accusative muinélN muinélL *muinéoluH
Genitive muiniúilL muinél muinélN
Dative muinéolL muinélaib muinélaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms
  • muinélach (“having a (thick) neck”)
  • muinélad (“the act of gripping by the neck, collaring”)

Descendants
  • Irish: muineál
  • Manx: mwannal
  • Scottish Gaelic: muineal

References
  1. Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96), “muin”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume M-P, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page M-72
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “moni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “muinél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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