"meanbh" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈmɛnɛv/ Forms: meanbha [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], meanbh [mutation, mutation-radical], mheanbh [lenition, mutation]
Etymology: From Old Irish menbach (“small”), from a derivation of the Proto-Indo-European root *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Latin minus, minor, minutus and Ancient Greek μινύθω (minúthō, “lessen”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|menbach||small}} Old Irish menbach (“small”), {{m|ine-pro|*mey-||small, little}} *mey- (“small, little”), {{cog|la|minus}} Latin minus, {{m|la|minor}} minor, {{m|la|minutus}} minutus, {{cog|grc|μινύθω||lessen}} Ancient Greek μινύθω (minúthō, “lessen”) Head templates: {{head|gd|adjective|comparative|meanbha}} meanbh (comparative meanbha) Inflection templates: {{gd-mut-cons|m|eanbh}}
  1. small, minute, diminutive Synonyms: beag, mean, mion Derived forms: àmhainn meanbh-thonnach (english: microwave oven), meanbhan [diminutive], meanbh-chlàr (english: compact disk), meanbh-chuileag (english: midge, gnat), meanbh-fhrìde (english: insect)
    Sense id: en-meanbh-gd-adj-BABw~e69 Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "name": "m"
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      "expansion": "Latin minus",
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    {
      "form": "meanbha",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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          "word": "àmhainn meanbh-thonnach"
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        {
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        },
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          "english": "midge, gnat",
          "word": "meanbh-chuileag"
        },
        {
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛnɛv/"
    }
  ],
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    },
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      ],
      "word": "meanbhan"
    },
    {
      "english": "compact disk",
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    },
    {
      "english": "midge, gnat",
      "word": "meanbh-chuileag"
    },
    {
      "english": "insect",
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    }
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      },
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      "name": "m"
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      },
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      "name": "m"
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        "comparative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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        "Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛnɛv/"
    }
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    {
      "word": "beag"
    },
    {
      "word": "mean"
    },
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      "word": "mion"
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