meánach

Irish

Alternative forms
  • meadhónach (obsolete)

Etymology

From meán (“middle; mean; medium; average”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

meánach (genitive singular masculine meánaigh, genitive singular feminine meánaí, plural meánacha, comparative meánaí)

  1. middle, intermediate, central, medial
  2. medium, average; moderate
  3. mean

Declension
Declension of meánach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative meánach mheánach meánacha;
mheánacha²
Vocative mheánaigh meánacha
Genitive meánaí meánacha meánach
Dative meánach;
mheánach¹		 mheánach;
mheánaigh (archaic)		 meánacha;
mheánacha²
Comparative níos meánaí
Superlative is meánaí

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

Synonyms
  • (mean, medial, average, medium): meán-
  • (middle): lár

Derived terms

Noun

meánach m (genitive singular meánaigh, nominative plural meánaigh)

  1. (music) mediant

Declension
Declension of meánach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative meánach meánaigh
Vocative a mheánaigh a mheánacha
Genitive meánaigh meánach
Dative meánach meánaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an meánach na meánaigh
Genitive an mheánaigh na meánach
Dative leis an meánach

don mheánach

 leis na meánaigh

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

References
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