meon

See also: Meon, meón, and méon

English

Meon

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μῆον (mêon), probably from μεῖον (meîon, “lesser”) for its small size.

Noun

meon (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) spignel, Meum athamanticum

Synonyms

• (Meum athamanticum): meu, meum; baldmoney, maldmoney; spignel, spicknel, spiknel, spikenel; bearwort, bear-wort, bear's wort

References

• Meum athamanticum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Meum athamanticum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Meum athamanticum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Emon, Mone, NEMO, Nome, meno-, mone, nemo, nome, omen

Irish

Alternative forms

• meón (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /mʲuːn̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

Noun

meon m (genitive singular meoin, nominative plural meonta)

1. attitude, disposition
2. character, temperament
3. Alternative form of mian (“desire”)
4. Alternative form of méin, meinn (“mind, disposition”)

Declension

Declension of meon

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative meon meonta Vocative a mheoin a mheonta Genitive meoin meonta Dative meon meonta

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an meon na meonta Genitive an mheoin na meonta Dative leis an meon don mheon leis na meonta

Derived terms

• meonúil (“whimsical, fanciful, capricious; particular, fastidious”, adjective)

References

• Alexander Macbain - An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (this version)

Etymology 2

Noun

meon m (genitive singular meoin, nominative plural meoin)

1. Alternative form of meán (“middle; mean; medium; average; middle, waist; middle zone”)

Declension

Declension of meon

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative meon meoin Vocative a mheoin a mheona Genitive meoin meon Dative meon meoin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an meon na meoin Genitive an mheoin na meon Dative leis an meon don mheon leis na meoin

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Mutation

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

Old French

Adjective

meon

1. (9th century) Alternative form of mon

Usage notes

• Used in the Oaths of Strasbourg.