miosa

See also: míosa and mìosa

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish messa. Cognate with English miss. See mì- for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmĩs̪ə/, [ˈmɪ̃s̪ə][1][2]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈmis̪ʌ/[3]

Adjective

miosa

  1. comparative degree of dona
  2. comparative degree of droch
  3. comparative degree of olc

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of miosa
radical lenition
miosa mhiosa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 64
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), “The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire”, in A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, volume II, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 18
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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