mian

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mian"

Balantak

Etymology

Compare Wolio mia.

Noun

mian

  1. person
  2. people

References

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmian/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ian
  • Hyphenation: mi‧an

Pronoun

mian

  1. accusative singular of mia: my, mine

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /mʲiɑ̯n̪ˠ/[1] (as if spelled méan)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /mʲiənˠ/, /mʲiən̪ˠ/; /mʲiːnˠ/[2], /mʲiːn̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mían (desire, wish).[3]

Noun

mian f (genitive singular méine, nominative plural mianta)

  1. desire, wish
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish mían (mineral, ore).[4]

Noun

mian f (genitive singular méine, nominative plural mianta)

  1. ore
Declension
Declension of mian (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative mian mianta
vocative a mhian a mhianta
genitive méine mianta
dative mian
méin (archaic, dialectal)
mianta
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an mhian na mianta
genitive na méine na mianta
dative leis an mian
leis an méin (archaic, dialectal)
don mhian
don mhéin (archaic, dialectal)
leis na mianta
Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of mian
radical lenition eclipsis
mian mhian 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. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 207, page 104
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 163, page 62
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 mían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 mían (‘mineral’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Mandarin

Romanization

mian

  1. nonstandard spelling of mián
  2. nonstandard spelling of miǎn
  3. nonstandard spelling of miàn

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish mían (desire, wish).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

mian m (genitive singular mian, no plural)

  1. desire, appetite

Derived terms

  • miandagh
  • miandid
  • s'mian lesh

Mutation

Mutation of mian
radical lenition eclipsis
mian vian unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 mían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Christopher Lewin (2020) Aspects of the historical phonology of Manx, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, →DOI, page 71

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmjan/
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: mian

Noun

mian n

  1. genitive plural of miano