meon

See also: Meon, meón, and méon

English

Meon

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μῆον (mêon), probably from μεῖον (meîon, “lesser”) for its small size.

Noun

meon (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) spignel, Meum athamanticum

Synonyms

• (Meum athamanticum): meu, meum; baldmoney, maldmoney; spignel, spicknel, spiknel, spikenel; bearwort, bear-wort, bear's wort

References

• Meum athamanticum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Meum athamanticum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Meum athamanticum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Emon, Mone, NEMO, Nome, meno-, mone, nemo, nome, omen

Irish

Alternative forms

• meón (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /mʲuːn̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

Noun

meon m (genitive singular meoin, nominative plural meonta)

1. attitude, disposition
2. character, temperament
3. Alternative form of mian (“desire”)
4. Alternative form of méin, meinn (“mind, disposition”); compare English mien

Declension

Declension of meon

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative meon meonta Vocative a mheoin a mheonta Genitive meoin meonta Dative meon meonta

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an meon na meonta Genitive an mheoin na meonta Dative leis an meon don mheon leis na meonta

Derived terms

• meonúil (“whimsical, fanciful, capricious; particular, fastidious”, adjective)

References

• Alexander Macbain - An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (this version)

Etymology 2

Noun

meon m (genitive singular meoin, nominative plural meoin)

1. Alternative form of meán (“middle; mean; medium; average; middle, waist; middle zone”)

Declension

Declension of meon

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative meon meoin Vocative a mheoin a mheona Genitive meoin meon Dative meon meoin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an meon na meoin Genitive an mheoin na meon Dative leis an meon don mheon leis na meoin

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “meon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Mutation

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

Old French

Adjective

meon

1. (9th century) Alternative form of mon

Usage notes

• Used in the Oaths of Strasbourg.