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meánach
meánach
Irish
Alternative forms
- meadhónach (obsolete)
Adjective
meánach (genitive singular masculine meánaigh, genitive singular feminine meánaí, plural meánacha, comparative meánaí)
Declension
Declension of meánach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | meánach | meánach¹ | meánacha³ | |
| Vocative | meánaigh¹ | meánach¹ | meánacha | |
| Genitive | meánaigh¹ | meánaí | meánacha | meánach |
| Dative | meánach² | meánach¹ (archaic) meánaigh¹ |
meánacha³ | |
| Comparative | meánaí | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- fomheánach (“submediant”, adjective)
- neamh-mheánach (“immediate”, adjective)
- néaróg mheánach f (“median nerve”)
Noun
meánach m (genitive singular meánaigh, nominative plural meánaigh)
Declension
Declension of meánach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| meánach | mheánach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "meánach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.