minc

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mink.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲɪɲc/

Noun

minc f (genitive singular mince, nominative plural minceanna)

1. mink

Declension

Declension of minc

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative minc minceanna Vocative a mhinc a mhinceanna Genitive mince minceanna Dative minc minceanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhinc na minceanna Genitive na mince na minceanna Dative leis an minc don mhinc leis na minceanna

Derived terms

• minc Eorpach f (“European mink”)
• minc Mheiriceánach f (“American mink”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
minc	mhinc	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “minc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Welsh

Minc

Etymology

Borrowed from English mink.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪŋk/

Noun

minc m (plural mincod)

1. mink, especially American mink, which is an introduced species in Wales (Mustela vison syn. Neogale vison or Neovison vison)

Notes

There is a European mink (Mustela lutreola) but its range does not cover Britain and so a term for it is not recorded in Creaduriaid Asgwrn-Cefn (1994).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
minc	finc	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.