meán-

See also: mean and meán

Irish

Etymology

From meán (“average, medium, mean”).

Prefix

meán-

middle, medial, medium, mean, average

Synonyms

(mean, medial, medium, average, middle): meánach
(middle): lár, láir

Derived terms

meán-am m (“mean time; average time”)
meán-saorchonair f (“mean free path”)
meánábhar m (“intervening substance, medium”)
meáncheannaí m (“middleman”)
meánchoimrigh (“syncopate”, verb)
meánchostas m (“average cost”)
meánchúrsa m (“intermediate course”)
meánluach m (“average price”)
meánmheáchan m (“middle-weight”)
meánmhéid f (“medium size”)
meánmhúinteoir m (“secondary teacher”)
meánscála m (“medium scale”)
meánscoth f (“middling quality”)
meánséasúr m (“mid-season”)
meánsuim f (“average amount”)
meántéarma m (“middle term”)
meánteistiméireacht f (“intermediate certificate”)
meántoirt f (“mean volume; middle size”)

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.

References

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