meán

See also mean

Irish

Alternative forms

• meadhón (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Adjective

meán (genitive singular feminine meáine, comparative meáine)

1. mid, central
2. middle
3. average

Declension

Declension of meán

First Declension Positive Singular Plural (m/f) masc. fem (strong noun) (weak noun) Nominative meán meána Vocative meáin meán meána Genitive meáin meáine meána meán Dative meán meána Comparative/Superlative meáine

Noun

meán m (genitive 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
• meán lae
• meán oíche

Mutation

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