miann

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish mían (“desire, inclination”).

Noun

miann m or f (genitive singular miann, plural miannan or mianntan)

desire, will, purpose, intention
appetite, hunger
desire, love, lust
the thing desired or loved
longing peculiar to a woman with child
mole on the child, due to that desire not being satisfied
complete satisfaction
delight

Derived terms

ana-miann (“lust”)
dà-mhiannach (“bisexual”)
miannach (“eager, desirous, wishful”)
miann còmhraig (“aggression”)
miann gadachd (“kleptomania”)

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
“1 mían” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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