meas

meas

1. (knitting) Abbreviation of measures.
   • 1998, Kristin Nicholas, Knitting the New Classics, page 106:

     When piece meas 2½" (6.5 cm) on RS, knit until 3 sts rem, k2tog, k1.

• AMEs, ASME, Ames, EMAS, MSAE, Mesa, Same, eams, mase, mesa, same, seam

• IPA^(key): /mʲasˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /mʲæːsˠ/

From Old Irish mess, from Proto-Celtic *messus (“judgement”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“measure, consider”). Akin to meá (“scale, measure; weights; balance”).

meas m (genitive singular measa, nominative plural measanna)

1. verbal noun of meas
2. an opinion
3. an evaluation, judgment, guess, estimate
4. esteem, admiration, respect

   Tá meas agam uirthi. ― I have respect for her.

• dímheas

meas (present analytic measann, future analytic measfaidh, verbal noun meas, past participle measta) (ambitransitive)

1. evaluate, consider, judge
2. estimate, guess, anticipate
3. esteem, admire

From Old Irish mess (“tree-fruit”), from Proto-Celtic *messus (“acorn”). Cognate with Welsh mes (“acorns”), Breton mez (“acorns”).

meas m (genitive singular measa, nominative plural measa)

1. fruit

   Synonym: toradh

2. a nut

   Synonym: cnó

3. produce

   Synonym: toradh

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 mes(s)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 mes(s)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “meas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• 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 75

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈme.aːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛː.as]

meās

1. feminine accusative plural of meus

meās

1. second-person singular present active indicative of meō

• IPA^(key): /mĩs/^[1][2][3][4]

From Old Irish mess (“judgement”), from Proto-Celtic *messus (“judgement”), from Proto-Indo-European *med-.

meas m (genitive singular measa, plural measan)

1. respect

   Tha meas againn air Seumas. ― We respect James.

meas (past mheas, future measaidh, verbal noun measadh, past participle measte)

1. think, reckon, consider
2. respect, esteem
3. evaluate, assess

• measarrachd

From Old Irish mess (“nuts”), from Proto-Celtic *messus (“acorn”).

meas m (genitive singular measa, plural measan)

1. fruit

   Dè am meas as fheàrr leat? ― What fruit do you prefer?

   Is grinn am meas an t-Samhraidh. ― Sweet is the fruit of Summer.

• craobh-mheas, meas-chraobh (“fruit tree”)
• òr-mheas (“orange”)

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “meas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 mes(s)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeas/ [ˈme.as]
• Rhymes: -eas
• Syllabification: me‧as

meas

1. second-person singular present indicative of mear