medón

See also: Medon

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mediānus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmʲeðoːn/

Noun

medón m (genitive medóin, nominative plural medóin)

middle

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	medón	medón^L	medóin^L
vocative	medóin	medón^L	medónu^H
accusative	medón^N	medón^L	medónu^H
genitive	medóin^L	medón	medón^N
dative	medón^L	medónaib	medónaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

airmedón (“the very middle, centre”)
inmedón (“middle”)
medónach (“central, middle, intermediate”)
medóndae (“intermediate; medium”)

Descendants

Irish: meán
Manx: mean
Scottish Gaelic: meadhan
→? Welsh: mewn

Mutation

Mutation of *medón*
radical	lenition	nasalization
medón also mmedón in h-prothesis environments	medón pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/	medón also mmedón

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “medón”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language