mìn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "min"

Cornish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɪn]

Noun

mìn f

  1. kids (young goats)

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miːn/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mín (“smooth, level; arable, fertile; smooth, calm; self-restrained, gentle, placid, courteous, docile; digestible, palatable”).

Adjective

mìn (comparative mìne)

  1. clement, gentle
  2. meek
  3. pleasant, inoffensive, melodious
  4. downy
  5. fine
  6. glossy, sleek, smooth
  7. silky
  8. powdery
  9. bland

Etymology 2

Noun

mìn m (genitive singular mìne, plural mìnichean)

  1. field

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French mine.

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier trái, quả) mìn

  1. mine; dynamite
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