meánach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • meadhónach (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish medónach (compare Scottish Gaelic meadhanach). By surface analysis, meán (“middle; mean; medium; average”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈmʲɑːn̪ˠəx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmʲɑːnˠəx/, /ˈmʲɑːn̪ˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmʲæːnˠa(x)/, /ˈmʲæːn̪ˠa(x)/

Adjective

meánach (genitive singular masculine meánaigh, genitive singular feminine meánaí, plural meánacha, comparative meánaí)

  1. middle, intermediate, central, medial
  2. medium, average; moderate
  3. mean

Declension

Declension of meánach
Positive singular plural
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

  • (mean, medial, average, medium): meán-
  • (middle): lár

Derived terms

Noun

meánach m (genitive singular meánaigh, nominative plural meánaigh)

  1. (music) mediant

Declension

Declension of meánach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative meánach meánaigh
vocative a mheánaigh a mheánacha
genitive meánaigh meánach
dative meánach meánaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an meánach na meánaigh
genitive an mheánaigh na meánach
dative leis an meánach
don mheánach 		leis na meánaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of meánach
radical lenition eclipsis
meánach mheánach 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

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