smaoin

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish smúainid, from smúan (reflection, consideration).

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /sˠmˠiːn/, (older) /sˠmˠɯːn/[1]

Verb

smaoin (present analytic smaoineann, future analytic smaoinfidh, verbal noun smaoineamh, past participle smaointe)

  1. Alternative form of smaoinigh

Conjugation

References

  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 223

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Noun

smaoin f (genitive singular smaoine, plural smaointean)

  1. thought, notion, reflection, idea

Derived terms

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