meang

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish meng (“wile, ruse; guile, craft”).

Noun

meang f (genitive singular meinge, nominative plural meanga)

wile; guile, deceit

Declension

Declension of meang

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	meang	meanga
Vocative	a mheang	a mheanga
Genitive	meinge	meang
Dative	meang	meanga

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an mheang	na meanga
Genitive	na meinge	na meang
Dative	leis an meang don mheang	leis na meanga

Etymology 2

Verb

meang (present analytic meangann, future analytic meangfaidh, verbal noun meangadh, past participle meangtha)

(transitive) lop, prune

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	meangaim	meangann tú; meangair^†	meangann sé, sí	meangaimid	meangann sibh	meangann siad; meangaid^†	a mheangann; a mheangas / a meangann; a meangas	meangtar
	past	mheang mé; mheangas	mheang tú; mheangais	mheang sé, sí	mheangamar; mheang muid	mheang sibh; mheangabhair	mheang siad; mheangadar	a mheang / ar mheang*	meangadh
	past habitual	mheangainn	mheangtá	mheangadh sé, sí	mheangaimis; mheangadh muid	mheangadh sibh	mheangaidís; mheangadh siad	a mheangadh / ar mheangadh*	mheangtaí
	future	meangfaidh mé; meangfad	meangfaidh tú; meangfair^†	meangfaidh sé, sí	meangfaimid; meangfaidh muid	meangfaidh sibh	meangfaidh siad; meangfaid^†	a mheangfaidh; a mheangfas / a meangfaidh; a meangfas	meangfar
conditional		mheangfainn / meangfainn‡‡	mheangfá / meangfá‡‡	mheangfadh sé, sí / meangfadh sé, sí‡‡	mheangfaimis; mheangfadh muid / meangfaimis‡‡; meangfadh muid‡‡	mheangfadh sibh / meangfadh sibh‡‡	mheangfaidís; mheangfadh siad / meangfaidís‡‡; meangfadh siad‡‡	a mheangfadh / ar mheangfadh*	mheangfaí / meangfaí‡‡
subjunctive	present	go meanga mé; go meangad^†	go meanga tú; go meangair^†	go meanga sé, sí	go meangaimid; go meanga muid	go meanga sibh	go meanga siad; go meangaid^†	—	go meangtar
subjunctive	past	dá meangainn	dá meangtá	dá meangadh sé, sí	dá meangaimis; dá meangadh muid	dá meangadh sibh	dá meangaidís; dá meangadh siad	—	dá meangtaí
imperative		meangaim	meang	meangadh sé, sí	meangaimis	meangaigí; meangaidh^†	meangaidís	—	meangtar
verbal noun		meangadh
past participle		meangtha

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Synonyms

(prune): sciot

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
meang	mheang	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"meang" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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