idirmheán

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Irish

Etymology

From idir- (“inter-”) +‎ meán (“middle”).

Noun

idirmheán m (genitive singular idirmheáin, nominative plural idirmheáin)

1. (of substance) medium
2. middle

Declension

Declension of idirmheán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative idirmheán idirmheáin Vocative a idirmheáin a idirmheána Genitive idirmheáin idirmheán Dative idirmheán idirmheáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-idirmheán na hidirmheáin Genitive an idirmheáin na n-idirmheán Dative leis an idirmheán don idirmheán leis na hidirmheáin

Derived terms

• idirmheánach (“intermediate”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
idirmheán	n-idirmheán	hidirmheán	t-idirmheán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "idirmheán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.