{"id":5018,"date":"2020-02-16T15:37:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T15:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=5018"},"modified":"2020-02-17T11:56:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T11:56:47","slug":"gentle-treasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2020\/02\/16\/gentle-treasure\/","title":{"rendered":"Gentle treasure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>gift, treasure, benefit<\/strong> in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*moinis<\/strong> = treasure, precious object<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mo\u00edn<\/strong> = gift, benefit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>maoin<\/strong> [m\u02e0i\u02d0n\u02b2] = gift, benefit, property, wealth, treasure (<em>term of endearment<\/em>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>maoin<\/strong> [m\u026f\u02d0n\u032a\u02b2] = asset, wealth, fund, gear, goods<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mayn<\/strong> = property, good order<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*mu\u0268n<\/strong> = beautiful<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Welsh<\/th>\n<td><strong>muin<\/strong> = worth, value<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mwyn<\/strong> = worth, value<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mwyn<\/strong> [mu\u02d0\u0268\u032fn \/ m\u028ai\u032fn] = tender, mild, gentle, meek, amiable, loving, kind, obliging, courteous, noble, fair, pleasant, sweet-sounding, melodious, soft, soothing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>muin<\/strong> = gracile<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>moin<\/strong> = delicate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton<\/th>\n<td><strong>moen<\/strong> = thin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>moan<\/strong> [\u02c8mw\u00e3\u02d0n] = thin, slender<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from the Proto-Indo-European <em>moynis<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/strizh\">Source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n<p>Sources: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/moinis\">Wiktionary<\/a>, , <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faclair.com\/\">Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceantar.org\/Dicts\/MB2\/index.html\">MacBain&#8217;s Dictionary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.smo.uhi.ac.uk\/sengoidelc\/duil-belrai\/english.html\">In D\u00fail B\u00e9lrai English &#8211; Old-Irish Glossary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanglann.ie\/en\/fgb\/fear\">teanglann.ie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mannin.info\/Mannin\/fockleyr\/m2e.php\">On-Line Manx Dictionary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/geiriadur.ac.uk\/gpc\/gpc.html\">Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cornishdictionary.org.uk\/browse?field_word_value=gour\">Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkaevraz.net\/dicobzh\/index.php\">Dictionnaire Favereau<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/leigh49137\/4467660349\/in\/photolist-7NMVLH-24eZt7P-8PT7WB-7i2Vjo-7VGYCi-8ucjiZ-7kk6KR-9o1rDe-997JGj-9gJMLx-b9mV5c-6ALLaQ-7igQRf-8HtZiY-8NZKET-8NQtMb-Fwv3k2-2hJJkpF-4NLQ46-EV3tz1-7p9BQj-5QP6it-7Tg5qK-2e8Hm9s-G7oqKd-8qLwMG-7Lgxe-5Wb74x-7bixS8-5WbBVR-6hnyxo-68JMe2-YmPrX3-7MJqxE-7CCWE2-5YVuYM-abd2rZ-6QtTE6-784DGJ-7mXLX8-8mtH7t-6mJyRg-78xGbx-9swCR5-9uAB7r-2fBUked-9di1hf-xBb51x-bHDSh6-dpxoyG\" title=\"Treasure 013-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4004\/4467660349_77f58eef0e_z.jpg\" alt=\"Treasure 013-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words for gift, treasure, benefit in Celtic languages. Proto-Celtic *moinis = treasure, precious object Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) mo\u00edn = gift, benefit Irish (Gaeilge) maoin [m\u02e0i\u02d0n\u02b2] = gift, benefit, property, wealth, treasure (term of endearment) Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig) maoin [m\u026f\u02d0n\u032a\u02b2] = asset, wealth, fund, gear, goods Manx (Gaelg) mayn = property, good order Proto-Brythonic *mu\u0268n = [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16,19,20,21,3,22,5,7,8,9,10,40,11,12,13,23,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-breton","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-old-breton","category-old-cornish","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-old-welsh","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5018"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5028,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5018\/revisions\/5028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}