meántiarna

Irish

Etymology

From meán- (“middle”) +‎ tiarna (“lord”).

Noun

meántiarna m (genitive singular meántiarna, nominative plural meántiarnaí)

1. (law) mesne lord

Declension

Declension of meántiarna

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative meántiarna meántiarnaí Vocative a mheántiarna a mheántiarnaí Genitive meántiarna meántiarnaí Dative meántiarna meántiarnaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an meántiarna na meántiarnaí Genitive an mheántiarna na meántiarnaí Dative leis an meántiarna don mheántiarna leis na meántiarnaí

Derived terms

• meántiarna talún m (“mesne landlord”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
meántiarna	mheántiarna	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meántiarna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN