muin

See also: mùin and múin

Finnish

Pronoun

muin

  1. Instructive plural form of muu.

Anagrams

Scots

Etymology

From Old English mōna, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”)

Noun

muin (plural muins)

  1. moon

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish muin, from Proto-Celtic *monis, *manyā, from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“neck”).

Noun

muin f (genitive singular muin)

  1. (anatomy) back (animal's)
  2. top
Usage notes
  • Usually used in the phrase 'air muin (“on the back of, on top of, on, upon”):
    air muin eich ― on the back of a horse
    Chuir e seacaid air agus air muin sin còta. ― He put on a jacket and on top of that a coat.

Etymology 2

From Old Irish múinid, possibly from Latin moneō (“to remind, advise, teach”), with phonological influence from mūnire (“to defend, protect”).

Verb

muin (past mhuin, future muinidh, verbal noun muineadh, past participle muinte)

  1. (dated) teach, instruct, educate, rear
  2. (dated) show, point out
Synonyms
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