"miann" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See miann in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: miann [genitive, singular], miannan [plural], mianntan [plural]
Etymology: From Old Irish mían (“desire, inclination”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|mían||desire, inclination}} Old Irish mían (“desire, inclination”) Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|miann|||||||plural|miannan|or|mianntan||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=genpl|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=m|g2=f|g3=|head=}} miann m or f (genitive singular miann, plural miannan or mianntan), {{gd-noun|g=m|g2=f|gen=miann|pl=miannan|pl2=mianntan}} miann m or f (genitive singular miann, plural miannan or mianntan)
  1. desire, will, purpose, intention Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-miann-gd-noun-4J4fLzVH Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 15 15 19 11 17 5 4
  2. appetite, hunger Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-miann-gd-noun-rGVSNJED Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 15 15 19 11 17 5 4
  3. desire, love, lust Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-miann-gd-noun-eDf1m0en Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 15 15 19 11 17 5 4
  4. the thing desired or loved Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-miann-gd-noun-tioi3mhM Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 15 15 19 11 17 5 4
  5. longing peculiar to a woman with child Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-miann-gd-noun-xvI7GYJQ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 15 15 19 11 17 5 4
  6. mole on the child, due to that desire not being satisfied Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-miann-gd-noun-hZbPjz43 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 15 15 19 11 17 5 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 16 15 17 11 23 2 2 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 13 13 13 17 11 28 3 3
  7. complete satisfaction Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-miann-gd-noun-5-aWMu9z
  8. delight Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-miann-gd-noun-MVOT5XZo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ana-miann (english: lust), dà-mhiannach (english: bisexual), miann còmhraig (english: aggression), miann gadachd (english: kleptomania), miannach (english: eager, desirous, wishful)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "lust",
      "word": "ana-miann"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "bisexual",
      "word": "dà-mhiannach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "aggression",
      "word": "miann còmhraig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "kleptomania",
      "word": "miann gadachd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "eager, desirous, wishful",
      "word": "miannach"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "sga",
        "3": "mían",
        "4": "",
        "5": "desire, inclination"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish mían (“desire, inclination”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "miann",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miannan",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mianntan",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "miann",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "miannan",
        "19": "or",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "mianntan",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "25": "",
        "26": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f10accel-form": "genpl",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f2accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f4accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f7accel-form": "p",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "f",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "miann m or f (genitive singular miann, plural miannan or mianntan)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "g2": "f",
        "gen": "miann",
        "pl": "miannan",
        "pl2": "mianntan"
      },
      "expansion": "miann m or f (genitive singular miann, plural miannan or mianntan)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 15 15 19 11 17 5 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "desire, will, purpose, intention"
      ],
      "id": "en-miann-gd-noun-4J4fLzVH",
      "links": [
        [
          "desire",
          "desire"
        ],
        [
          "will",
          "will"
        ],
        [
          "purpose",
          "purpose"
        ],
        [
          "intention",
          "intention"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "14 15 15 19 11 17 5 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "appetite, hunger"
      ],
      "id": "en-miann-gd-noun-rGVSNJED",
      "links": [
        [
          "appetite",
          "appetite"
        ],
        [
          "hunger",
          "hunger"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 15 15 19 11 17 5 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "desire, love, lust"
      ],
      "id": "en-miann-gd-noun-eDf1m0en",
      "links": [
        [
          "love",
          "love"
        ],
        [
          "lust",
          "lust"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 15 15 19 11 17 5 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the thing desired or loved"
      ],
      "id": "en-miann-gd-noun-tioi3mhM",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 15 15 19 11 17 5 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "longing peculiar to a woman with child"
      ],
      "id": "en-miann-gd-noun-xvI7GYJQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "longing",
          "longing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 15 15 19 11 17 5 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 16 15 17 11 23 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 13 13 17 11 28 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mole on the child, due to that desire not being satisfied"
      ],
      "id": "en-miann-gd-noun-hZbPjz43",
      "links": [
        [
          "mole",
          "mole"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "complete satisfaction"
      ],
      "id": "en-miann-gd-noun-5-aWMu9z",
      "links": [
        [
          "satisfaction",
          "satisfaction"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "delight"
      ],
      "id": "en-miann-gd-noun-MVOT5XZo",
      "links": [
        [
          "delight",
          "delight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "miann"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
    "Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic nouns with multiple genders",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "gd-noun 2"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "lust",
      "word": "ana-miann"
    },
    {
      "english": "bisexual",
      "word": "dà-mhiannach"
    },
    {
      "english": "aggression",
      "word": "miann còmhraig"
    },
    {
      "english": "kleptomania",
      "word": "miann gadachd"
    },
    {
      "english": "eager, desirous, wishful",
      "word": "miannach"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "mían",
        "4": "",
        "5": "desire, inclination"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish mían (“desire, inclination”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish mían (“desire, inclination”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "miann",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miannan",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mianntan",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "miannan",
        "19": "or",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "mianntan",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "25": "",
        "26": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f10accel-form": "genpl",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f2accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f4accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f7accel-form": "p",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "f",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "miann m or f (genitive singular miann, plural miannan or mianntan)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "f",
        "gen": "miann",
        "pl": "miannan",
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      },
      "expansion": "miann m or f (genitive singular miann, plural miannan or mianntan)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "desire, will, purpose, intention"
      ],
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        [
          "desire",
          "desire"
        ],
        [
          "will",
          "will"
        ],
        [
          "purpose",
          "purpose"
        ],
        [
          "intention",
          "intention"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "appetite, hunger"
      ],
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        [
          "appetite",
          "appetite"
        ],
        [
          "hunger",
          "hunger"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "desire, love, lust"
      ],
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        [
          "love",
          "love"
        ],
        [
          "lust",
          "lust"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the thing desired or loved"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "longing peculiar to a woman with child"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "longing",
          "longing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mole on the child, due to that desire not being satisfied"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mole",
          "mole"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "complete satisfaction"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "satisfaction",
          "satisfaction"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "delight"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "delight",
          "delight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "miann"
}

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