medón

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mediānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲeðoːn/

Noun

medón m (genitive medóin, nominative plural medóin)

1. middle

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	medón	medónL	medóinL
Vocative	medóin	medónL	medónuH
Accusative	medónN	medónL	medónuH
Genitive	medóinL	medón	medónN
Dative	medónL	medónaib	medónaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• airmedón (“the very middle, centre”)
• inmedón (“middle”)
• medónach (“central, middle, intermediate”)
• medóndae (“intermediate; medium”)

 

Descendants

• Irish: meán
• Manx: mean
• Scottish Gaelic: meadhan
• →? Welsh: mewn

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
medón also mmedón after a proclitic	medón pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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