meán

See also: mean and meán-

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese meão, from Latin mediānus. Doublet of mediano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈaŋ/

Noun

meán m (plural meáns)

1. chain or strap that connects both rigid parts of a flail

   Synonyms: cedoiro, loro

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “meao”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “meán”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mean”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Irish

Alternative forms

• meon
• meadhón (superseded)
• meadhan, meadhán, meadhon, meadhón, meádhon, meadon, medhon, medhón, meodhan, meódhan, meón (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish medón, from Latin mediānus. Cognate with English mean. Compare Scottish Gaelic meadhan.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mʲɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /mʲɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /mʲaːnˠ/

Noun

meán m (genitive singular meáin, nominative plural meáin)

1. (mathematics) mean, average
2. medium (format for communicating or presenting information; (engineering) materials used to finish a workpiece; (painting) tool or materials used for painting or drawing; (occult) someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world)

Declension

Declension of meán (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative meán meáin vocative a mheáin a mheána genitive meáin meán dative meán meáin forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an meán na meáin genitive an mheáin na meán dative leis an meán don mheán leis na meáin

Derived terms

• Inis Meáin
• Meán Fómhair
• meán lae (“midday”)
• meán oíche
• meán-
• meánach

Mutation

Mutated forms of meán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
meán	mheán	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “meán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “meaḋón”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 472