idirmheán

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

idirmheán m (genitive singular idirmheáin, nominative plural idirmheáin)

1. medium (of substance)
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

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