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meán-

meán-

See also: mean and meán

Irish

Prefix

meán-

middle, medial, medium, mean, average

Synonyms

(mean, medial, medium, average, middle): meánach
(middle): lár, láir

Derived terms

Terms derived from meán-

meánábhar m ‎(“intervening substance, medium”)
meán-am m ‎(“mean time; average time”)
meáncheannaí m ‎(“middleman”)
meánchoimrigh ‎(“syncopate”, verb)
meánchostas m ‎(“average cost”)
meánchúrsa m ‎(“intermediate course”)

meánluach m ‎(“average price”)
meánmheáchan m ‎(“middle-weight”)
meánmhéid f ‎(“medium size”)
meánmhúinteoir m ‎(“secondary teacher”)
meán-saorchonair f ‎(“mean free path”)
meánscála m ‎(“medium scale”)

meánscoth f ‎(“middling quality”)
meánséasúr m ‎(“mid-season”)
meánsuim f ‎(“average amount”)
meántéarma m ‎(“middle term”)
meánteistiméireacht f ‎(“intermediate certificate”)
meántoirt f ‎(“mean volume; middle size”)

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Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
meán-	mheán-	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"meán-" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.