meán

See also: mean and meán-

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese meão, from Latin mediānus. Doublet of mediano.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /meˈaŋ/

Noun

meán m (plural meáns)

  1. chain or strap that connects both rigid parts of a flail
    Synonyms: cedoiro, loro

References
  • “meao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “meao” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “mean” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.

Irish

Alternative forms
  • meadhón (obsolete)
  • meon

Etymology

From Old Irish medón, from Latin mediānus. Cognate with English mean. Compare Scottish Gaelic meadhan.

Adjective

meán (genitive singular masculine meáin, genitive singular feminine meáine, plural meána, comparative meáine)

  1. mid, central
  2. middle
  3. average

Declension
Declension of meán
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative meán mheán meána;
mheána²
Vocative mheáin meána
Genitive meáne meána meán
Dative meán;
mheán¹		 mheán;
mheáin (archaic)		 meána;
mheána²
Comparative níos meáne
Superlative is meáne

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

meán m (genitive singular meáin, nominative plural meáin)

  1. middle
  2. (mathematics) mean
  3. medium
  4. average
  5. (anatomy) middle, waist
  6. middle zone

Declension
Declension of meán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative meán meáin
Vocative a mheáin a mheána
Genitive meáin meán
Dative meán meáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an meán na meáin
Genitive an mheáin na meán
Dative leis an meán

don mheán

 leis na meáin

Derived terms
  • Meán Fómhair m (“September”, literally “middle of autumn”)
  • meán lae m (“midday”)
  • meán oíche m (“midnight”)
  • Mí Mheáin an tSamhraidh f (“June”, literally “Midsummer Month”)

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

References
  • "meán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “medón” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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