meana

Irish

Alternative forms

• meanaidh, meanaithe

Etymology

From Old Irish menad. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic minidh and Manx mennee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲan̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲanˠi/, /ˈmʲan̪ˠi/ (corresponding to the form meanaidh)

Noun

meana m (genitive singular meana, nominative plural meanaí)

1. awl, bodkin (pointed tool)

Declension

Declension of meana

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative meana meanaí Vocative a mheana a mheanaí Genitive meana meanaí Dative meana meanaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an meana na meanaí Genitive an mheana na meanaí Dative leis an meana don mheana leis na meanaí

Descendants

• → Yola: managh

Mutation

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

Further reading

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

Ladino

Etymology

From Turkish meyhane, from Persian میخانه (meyxâne), compound of Persian می (may, “wine”) and Persian خانه (xâne, “house”).

Noun

meana f (Latin spelling)

1. cabaret, tavern

Further reading

• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “meaná, meané”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 353