mì-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mi", mi-, and mí-

Namuyi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mi˥˧]

Prefix

mì-

1. denotes a downward direction

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish mí- (compare Irish mí-), from Proto-Indo-European *mei- (“to change”). Cognate with English mis-, Latin minus (“lesser”), Ancient Greek μείων (meíōn, “less”).

Prefix

mì-

1. Negative prefix.

   un-, non-

Derived terms

Scottish Gaelic terms prefixed with mì-

See also

• eu-
• neo-
• do-

Mutation

Mutation of mì-

radical	lenition
mì-	mhì-

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mí-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language