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meánaoiseach
meánaoiseach
See also: manaoiseach
Irish
Adjective
meánaoiseach (genitive singular masculine meánaoisigh, genitive singular feminine meánaoisí, plural meánaoiseacha, comparative meánaoisí)
Declension
Declension of meánaoiseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | meánaoiseach | meánaoiseach¹ | meánaoiseacha³ | |
| Vocative | meánaoisigh¹ | meánaoiseach¹ | meánaoiseacha | |
| Genitive | meánaoisigh¹ | meánaoisí (obsolete) meánaoisighe |
meánaoiseacha | meánaoiseach |
| Dative | meánaoiseach² | meánaoiseach¹ (archaic) meánaoisigh¹ |
meánaoiseacha³ | |
| Comparative | meánaoisí (obsolete) meánaoisighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- meánaoiseachas m (“mediaevalism”)
Related terms
- meánaoisí m (“mediaevalist”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| meánaoiseach | mheánaoiseach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "meánaoiseach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.