meá
Irish
Alternative forms
- meadh (superseded)
- meath
Etymology
From Old Irish med, from Proto-Celtic *medā, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“measure, consider”). Akin to meas. Cognate with Old English metan, Latin modius, and Ancient Greek μέδιμνος (médimnos, “medimnus”). Compare Scottish Gaelic meidh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʲaː/
Noun
meá f (genitive singular as substantive meá, genitive as verbal noun meáite, nominative plural meánna)
Declension
Declension of meá
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- cruinnmheá f (“precision balance”)
- droichead meáite (“weighbridge”)
- meá Rómhánach (“Roman balance, steel-yard, weigh-beam”)
- micrimheá f (“microbalance”)
Related terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| meá | mheá | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "meá" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “med”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
- Entries containing “meá” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “meá” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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