meánaois

See also: manaois and Meánaois

Irish

Alternative forms

  • meánaos

Etymology

From meán- (“middle”) +‎ aois (“age”), calque of English middle age.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /mʲɑ̃ːn̪ˠˈeːsˠ/, [mʲɑ̃ːn̪ˠˈëːsˠ][1] (corresponding to the form meánaos)

Noun

meánaois f (genitive singular meánaoise, nominative plural meánaoiseanna)

  1. middle age

Declension

Declension of meánaois (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative meánaois meánaoiseanna
vocative a mheánaois a mheánaoiseanna
genitive meánaoise meánaoiseanna
dative meánaois meánaoiseanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an mheánaois na meánaoiseanna
genitive na meánaoise na meánaoiseanna
dative leis an meánaois
don mheánaois 		leis na meánaoiseanna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of meánaois
radical lenition eclipsis
meánaois mheánaois 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. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 13

Further reading

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