meadhan

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish medón, from Latin mediānus. Akin to Irish meán

Noun

meadhan m (genitive singular meadhain, plural meadhanan)

1. middle, center, midst
2. waist
3. mean, average
4. means, medium

Derived terms

Derived terms

• eadar-mheadhanach (“intermediate”)
• eadar-mheadhanair (“mediator”)
• meadhanach (“middle; middling”)

• Na Meadhan-aoisean (“the Middle Ages”)
• saorsa nam meadhanan (“freedom of the press”)
• teis-meadhan (“(the) very centre”)