méanar

Irish

Alternative forms

  • méanair, méanra, méara
  • meunra, méannra, moighéanar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish mogénar, modgénair, from the Old Irish phrase mad génair (“luckily was born”). Cognate with Manx maynrey.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmʲeː(n̪ˠ)ɾˠə/[1] (corresponding to the forms méanra and méara)

Adjective

méanar (predicative only)

  1. fortunate, happy, lucky
    Antonym: mairg
    Is méanar duit!
    Lucky you! Good for you!

Mutation

Mutated forms of méanar
radical lenition eclipsis
méanar mhéanar not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 246, page 89

Further reading

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