meán-ard

Irish

Etymology

From meán- (“middle, medial, medium, mean, average”) +‎ ard (“tall”).

Adjective

meán-ard (genitive singular masculine meán-aird, genitive singular feminine meán-airde, plural meán-arda, comparative meán-airde)

1. of average height

Declension

Declension of meán-ard

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	meán-ard	mheán-ard	meán-arda; mheán-arda²
Vocative	mheán-aird		meán-arda
Genitive		meán-arde	meán-arda	meán-ard
Dative	meán-ard; mheán-ard¹	mheán-ard; mheán-aird (archaic)	meán-arda; mheán-arda²
Comparative	níos meán-arde
Superlative	is meán-arde

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meán-ard”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meán-ard”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm