meánach
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish medónach (compare Scottish Gaelic meadhanach); synchronically, meán (“middle; mean; medium; average”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
meánach (genitive singular masculine meánaigh, genitive singular feminine meánaí, plural meánacha, comparative meánaí)
Declension
Declension of meánach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | meánach | mheánach | meánacha; mheánacha² | |
Vocative | mheánaigh | meánacha | ||
Genitive | meánaí | meánacha | meánach | |
Dative | meánach; mheánach¹ |
mheánach; mheánaigh (archaic) |
meánacha; mheánacha² | |
Comparative | níos meánaí | |||
Superlative | is meánaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- fomheánach (“submediant”, adjective)
- neamh-mheánach (“immediate”)
- néaróg mheánach f (“median nerve”)
Noun
meánach m (genitive singular meánaigh, nominative plural meánaigh)
Declension
Declension of meánach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
meánach | mheánach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “medónach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “meánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024