teis-meadhan

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • teis-meadhon

Etymology

According to MacBain, the first element is from an Old Irish [Term?] compound to- +‎ ess- (“out”).

Noun

teis-meadhan m

  1. very centre, very middle
    teis-meadhan a' bhaile - [the] very centre of the town
    ann an teis-meadhan a' chogaidh - right in the middle of the war
    ann an teis-meadhan na Roinn-Eòrpa - at the heart of Europe

Further reading

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “teis-meadhon”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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