meáneasna

Irish

Etymology

From meán- (“middle, medial, medium, mean, average”) +‎ easna (“rib; strake; timber”).

Noun

meáneasna f (genitive singular meáneasna, nominative plural meáneasnacha)

1. (nautical) futtock

Declension

Declension of meáneasna

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative meáneasna meáneasnacha Vocative a mheáneasna a mheáneasnacha Genitive meáneasna meáneasnacha Dative meáneasna meáneasnacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mheáneasna na meáneasnacha Genitive na meáneasna na meáneasnacha Dative leis an meáneasna don mheáneasna leis na meáneasnacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
meáneasna	mheáneasna	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) “meáneasna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN