, -aigh, pl. id., m., a measure for dry goods, a bag, a budget, mí-ádh (mío-ádh), m., ill-luck, mishap, misfortune, mischief; mac mí-áidh, an unfortunate fellow; ag déanamh mí-áidh, doing mischief.

, -aidh, m., honour, respect, form, decency.

, -aighe, a., noble, honourable, precious (miadhmhar id.).

, -mhla, a., noble, honourable.

, -a, f., dignity, honour.

, g. méime, f., a stir or move; the last throb of life; gasping (P. O'C. spells miam and it is so pron. in M.). See méam.

, -e, f., mewing (as of a cat.

, -aighe, f., the mewing of cats; the mewling of infants.

, g. méine, pl. miana, f. (also g. -a, pl. id., m.), desire, wish, mind; a mind to; good-will, inclination; pleasure, delight; is mian liom, I desire or intend; tá mian chum bídh air, he has an appetite for food. There is a phrase, mian mic a shúil, current in M., referring to one's appetite being sharpened by the sight of luscious viands; often used in compds.

, -aighe, a., desirous, wishful, longing, covetous, greedy.

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a vein of a mine; a mine; a mineral ore; stuff, character (of persons); material of anything; droich-mhianach, bad stuff, badness of character, a vicious person.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a miner.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a miner.

, -amhla, ., affectionate (O'N.).

, -ais, m., desire, longing, appetite. See miangus.

, -aighe, a., longing, desirous; also luscious, delicate, nice.

, -e, f., brutal passion, lust.

, -e, f., a burning desire.

, m., abnegation, self-denial.

, f., avidity, longing.

, -aigh, m., act of yawning. See méanfadhach, 7c.

, g. -uis and -a, pl. id., m., longing, eagerness, desire, lust, concupiscence; pleasure; affectation (variously written miangas, mianghas, mianghus, 7c.). See mianas.

, -aighe, a., desirous, covetous, lustful; pleasant. See <<mianasach>>.

, -aire, a., covetous, greedy, lustful; luscious, cloying (of food, meat, etc.).

, f., will, consent; pleasure.

, -uighthe, m., act of longing for, desiring, coveting.

, -ughadh, v. tr. and intr., I desire, long for, wish, intend.

, p. a., desired, desirable; coveted; affected; designed; soi-mhianuighthe, very desirable.

, g. méise, pl. miasa, f., an altar (obs.) (O'N.).

, g. méise, pl. -a, f., a dish, a mess, a plate, a platter; mias chluasach, porringer.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a dishmaker (O'N.).

, -aigh, m., dung, manure.

, indec. a., distinguished.

, g. id., f., Meath; with or without art.

, -mhna, pl. id., f., act of reflecting on (ar); meditation.

, g. meala, f., honey; mí na meala, honeymoon; criathar meala, a honeycomb.

, f., mead, methyline.

, m., mildew. See ceo.

, -aighe, f., a marine weed with a sweet root (Achill).

, -lse, a., sweet, sweet-tasting, savoury, delicious, pleasant; flattering, coaxing.

, -aighe. a., sweet-spoken, eloquent.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a botch, a bungler; mille maide, a botch, a good-for-nothing tradesman; an insignificant person.

, -éid, pl. id., m., a mullet.

, -lte, pl. id., m., act of spoiling, corrupting, destroying, seducing; destruction, damage, injury; act of bewitching or injuring by fascination.

, -áin pl. id., m., blame, reproach, upbraiding; ná cuir a mh. orm-sa, don't blame me for it.

, -aighe, a., blaming, rebuking.

, -oige, -oga, f., a little knife.

, -leadh, v. tr., I spoil, mar, injure, ruin, wring (of the hand); I bewitch, fascinate, ruin by fascination.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a small hill, a little knob or lump; dim. of meall, and found in placenames, as an Millín Bán, a townland in Co. Kerry.

, -úin, pl. id. and -lúna, m., a million; also milleon (M.).

, num. a., millionth.

, -ain, pl. id., m., mallow, malva sylvestris; an edible root of the carrot order.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a smelt, a fry.

, p. a., ruined, spoiled; small, wretched, miserable; is millte an lá é, it is a wretched day; garsún millte, a small, wretched boy; ruidín millte, a small, miserable thing; pron. mílthe (M.).

, -tighe, a., destructive, injurious; deceitful; great, wonderful; cf. is millteach an cainnteoir é, he is a wonderful speaker (Con.) millteineach (Don.).

, -ais, m., destruction, millteán, -áin, g. id., m., a miserable wretched fellow; a prodigal.

, -aighe, a., destructive.

, -ais, m., an injury, harm, damage; a blunder.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a destroyer, a spoiler; an oppressor, a tyrant.

, -a, f., destruction, injury, oppression, mischief.

, g. id., f., sweetness, savouriness; graeiousness, flattery.

, -a, f., sweetness, enticement.

, -áin, pl. id., m., anything sweet, a sweetmeat, a dainty: a flatterer; also cheese-curds; somet. milseán is applied to salt, as a preserver of meats, cf. ag díol mheala is ag ceannach

, a sort of seaweed.

, bog honeysuckle.

, indec. a., sweet-tasted, sweetened.

, -a, f., sweet-tastedness, sweetness.

, -oige, -oga, f., a sweetmeat, a dainty, a choice morsel.

, -siughadh, v. tr., I sweeten, mull, make savoury (míslighim in sp. l. M.).

, -sighthe, m., a sweetening, a mollifying; education, refinement (mísliughadh in sp. l. M.).

, f., a sweet tongue.

, -e, f., meal, flour; min gharbh, coarse meal; min mhín, fine meal; min bhuidhe, Indian meal; min choirce, min bhán, oatmeal; min eornan, barley meal.

(mion-), prefix, small, diminutive, little. See <<mion>>, adj.

, -bhriseadh, v. tr., I break into powder, crumble, pulverize.

, -gla, f., burdock (Om.).

, m., a crown, a diadem. See <<mionn>>.

, m., a little image.

, g. id., f., smallness, littleness.

, -nighe, a., mealy, full of meal.

, m., small cattle (as goats and sheep).

, m., a small bird.

, m., ignorance, little knowledge.

, -ais, m., little knowledge, ignorance.

, m., small grass, little grass, short grass.

, f., small rain, mist.

, -rtha, m., a cutting into small pieces; a chopping.

, -adh, v. tr., I mince, hash, cut into small pieces.

, m., a prawn, species of shellfish (Mayo).

, m., a small fish of any kind.

, comp. mionca, minice, and minicidhe, a. and ad., often, frequent; go m., often, oftentimes, continually (opposed to go hannamh); is m., 7c., it is often, etc.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a very small pin used by women in dressing (P. O'C.).

, -a, pl. id., f., an office, a ministration; ministry.

, -lacht, v. tr., I minister.

, g. id., pl. -tridhe, m., a minister, a parson.

, -aigh, m., a small jug or pitcher.

, -sighe, -seacha, f., a young she-goat; dim. minnsín; also meinnseach.

, -oige, -oga, f., a young she-goat. See minnseach.

, m., a venial sin.

, -e, a., kind, friendly, loving, affable.

, g. id., f., affability.

, -a, f., affability.

, -a, f., mead.

, -ail, pl. id., m., flattery, fawning, a fair speech.

, -laighe, a., flattering, fawning.

, -e, f., worthless food, offal (Mayo and Don.).

, -áin, m., the name of an esculent wild plant that causes intoxication; intoxication, drunkenness; an edible seaweed dried and seasoned (Ker.); also meadhbhán.

, -óige, -óga, f., a long knife, the dagger of the ancient Irish; a penknife, See meadóg.

, -úin, pl. id., m., a meadow, especially ready for cutting.

, -gtha, m., crying like that of a plover; mioglacht and míogaladh, id.

, -aisc, m., a lance or spear (obs.).

, -ine, a., small, fine, minute; pounded fine, made into small bite.

(min-), small, fine, exact, distinct; used as a prefix, as mion-annála, little annals; mion-cháisc, Low Sunday.

, f., minority (with respect to age).

, -aigh m., anything ground or reduced to fragments; ag déanamh m. de, making mincemeat of it (Der.).

(mionmhach)

, -aigh, m., any small or weak tiling of things; mionbhach an eallaigh, the weakling of the herd.

, m., a suburb, a village.

, -aighe, a., light-fingered, given to small thefts.

, m., a petty thief.

, m., small little scraps or crumbs (mion-chomairt, id.).

, -adh, v. tr., I mince, crumble, crush to powder, stamp (as under food.

, -áin, m., minced meat.

, p. a., finely pounded, crushed to powder.

, comp. of minic, often; frequency; gacha mhionca, as often as; nídh-sa mhionca, more frequently; minicidhe in sp. l.

, -a, f., oftenness, oft-times, frequency.

, f., gossip, small talk.

, f., Low Sunday (the first Sunday after Easter Sunday).

, f., a small sheep. See mion-chloch, f., a pebble.

, m., gossip; snatches of conversation.

, m., a close or strict search or examination.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I search strictly, examine diligently.

-uighthe, m., act of making more frequent.

, f., a particle; a morsel of food; a collation; a trifle.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I make more frequent.

, f., a gnat or midge.

, f., a small cause or motive.

, m., a young person; pl. -daoine, young or small people, often applied to women

, m., a vocabulary.

, f., petty larceny, pilfering.

, m., a petty thief, a petty larceny robber.

, m., a smile.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a periwinkle, a sea-shell, snail (miangán, m., and miongóg, f., id.).

, m., constant crowing (as of a cock).

, -aighe (coll.), f., crumbs, scraps, bits.

, -adh, v. tr., I gnaw, mince, bite (also miongruighim).

, -ridh, m., powder, fine dust.

, -a, pl. id., m., a diadem; rí-mhionna, pl., royal insignia.

, -a, pl. id. and -aidhe, m., an oath; an asseveration; mionna móra, curses; mionna thabhairt, to vow, swear; droich-mhionna, mionna éithigh, perjury (nom. also mionna); m. mór, a curse; dar brígh na mionn, by the efficacy of the holy things (an asseveration).

, -aighe, a., pertaining to skulls, crowns, etc.; pertaining to oaths, vows, etc.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a kid. See <<meannán>>.

, m., a jack-snipe.

, m., a brooch, a fastener.

, m., a royal diadem.

, -a, m., a short verse; a little poem.

, -aich, m., fairy flax, (linum sylvestre).

, -uighthe, m., act of swearing.

, -ughadh, v. tr. and intr., I swear, make oath; I swear by; ná mionnuigh an bachall, do not swear by the crozier (O'Keeffe).

, m., small fragments, useless bite, shreds (Ker.).

, -roinne and -ronna, pl. id., f., subdivision.

, -aighe, a., gentle-eyed.

, f., a delicate flower.

, -aighe, a., flowery; having fine, delicate flowers.

, -duighthe, m., a close or minute examination.

, -adh, v. tr., I investigate, examine minutely.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I investigate, examine closely.

, m., a slight idea or thought.

, m., a smooth stream; a rivulet.

, f., a small eye, a pink eye.

, -lighe, a., pink-eyed.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a little titmouse; a sparrow or other small bird.

, -ais, m., mint, spearmint; miontas caisil, pellitory of the wall; miontas cait, catmint (mentha catina); miontas fiadhain, wild mint; miontas garrdha, garden mint.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I make small, pulverise.

, p. a., broken, cut, or ground small.

See <<marbhaim>>. In East Ker., Glengar, etc., the fut. is mirbheo(cha)d and mirbheochar; in Kea. (T. S.) cond. is muirbhfeadh.

, g. mirr, m., myrrh.

, -aighe, a., belonging to or made of myrrh.

, -ail, m., myrtle-wood; a myrtle tree.

, -e, f., envy, spite, enmity, a grudge, hatred, aversion.

, -sighe, a., spiteful, envious.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a small dish; a roll of butter.

, -ais, m., envy, spite, enmity, a grudge. See mioscais.

, -nighe, a., rancorous, malignant.

, -a, f., measurement, mensuration; a measure.

, -úir, pl. id. m., a measure (Lat. mensura).

, indec. a., measurable.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a bit, a fragment, a morsel, a pick.

, -adh, v. tr., I bite, pinch; take bits from by biting or pinching; reduce by taking away small bits (as one does a loaf, etc.).

, -ail, pl. id., m., metal (miotail, g. -e and -each, f., id.).

, -aighe, a., metallic; mettlesome; plucky (miotailteach, id.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a turned or deformed hand (Don.); a vampless stocking, also miodán.

, with neg., no trace whatever.

, -óige, -óga, f., a mitten, a glove (mitín, id.).

, -óige, -óga, f., a bit, a pinch.

, -aighe, a., pinching, biting.

, f., woody nightshade (solatium dulcamara).

, g. id., f., swiftness, rapidity.

, g. id., f., madness, fury; ardour, vehemence; levity; sport, mirth, frolic; ar mire, in a frolic, mad.

, -a, f., swiftness, quickness; also rage, fury, madness; levity.

, -oige, -oga, f., mirth, frolic.

, -aighe, a., frolicsome, sportive.

, -éara, -éiridhe, m., a mirror.

, -nighe, a., hateful (Kea.).

, per. prn., myself, I myself (emph. form of mé).

, g. id., m., spearmint; misimín dearg, bogmint (mentha aquatica).

, 7c. See meisneach, 7c. (In parts of U. misneach or meisneach means strength, not courage; uchtach, somet. uchtacht, is the usual word for courage. See uchtach.)

(or meiste)

(= measa de), the worse for a thing: as, an miste dhúinn fiafraighe dhíot cad as tú? is it any harm to ask you whence you come? shíleas nár mhiste é bhualadh, I thought it was no harm to strike him; is miste liom, I am the worse for; ní miste dham, I well may; ní miste liom, I don't care, I have no objection.

, -mhla, a., mystical (mistighthe, id.).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, f., a mystery (nom. also mistéir).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a sly, creeping fellow.

, -e, a., weak, faint, feeble; also ignorant, unskilful.

, -ais, m., fear, shyness.

, -thimh, the middle month; mitheamh an tsamhraidh, June (somet. mitheamh simply); mitheamh an fhóghmhair, September. See meitheamh.

, -e, pl. -didhe, f., urgency, convenience; time; high time; meet, proper, fit or due time or season; is mithid dó, it is high time for him; is mithid liom, I think it high time; ag feitheamh le n-a mhithididhibh, waiting on his convenience (said slightingly).

, -e, -idhe, f., a glove, a glove without fingers, a mitten.