méanar

Irish

Alternative forms

• méanair, méanra, méara
• meunra, méannra, moighéanar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish mogénar, modgénair, from the Old Irish phrase mad génair (“luckily was born”). Cognate with Manx maynrey.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲeː(n̪ˠ)ɾˠə/ (corresponding to the forms méanra and méara)

Adjective

méanar (predicative only)

1. fortunate, happy, lucky

   Antonym: mairg

   Is méanar duit!

   Lucky you! Good for you!

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “méanar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “méanar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 473
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “méanar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN