meanma

Irish

Alternative forms

• meanmain

Etymology

From Middle Irish menma, from Old Irish menmae, from Proto-Celtic *menmens, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, remember”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲanˠəmˠə/

Noun

meanma f (genitive singular meanman)

1. mind, thought, attention
2. state of mind, spirit, courage, morale
3. disposition, inclination, desire
4. presentiment
5. (music) spirit

Declension

Declension of meanma

Fifth declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative meanma Vocative a mheanma Genitive meanman Dative meanma

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an mheanma Genitive na meanman Dative leis an meanma don mheanma

Derived terms

• meanmanra
• mórmheanma

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
meanma	mheanma	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) “meanma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 menma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meanma”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “meanma”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024