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meas
meas
English
Abbreviation
meas
- (knitting) measures
- 1998, Kristin Nicholas, Knitting the New Classics (page 106)
- When piece meas 2½" (6.5 cm) on RS, knit until 3 sts rem, k2tog, k1.
- 1998, Kristin Nicholas, Knitting the New Classics (page 106)
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʲasˠ/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /mʲæːsˠ/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish mess, from Proto-Celtic *messus, from Proto-Indo-European *med-. Akin to meá.
Noun
meas m (genitive singular measa, nominative plural measanna)
- verbal noun of meas
- An opinion
- An evaluation, judgment, guess, estimate
- esteem, admiration, respect
- Tá meas agam uirthi.
- I have respect for her.
- Tá meas agam uirthi.
Declension
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
Verb
meas (present analytic measann, future analytic measfaidh, verbal noun meas, past participle measta)
Conjugation
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | measaim | measann tú; measair† |
measann sé, sí | measaimid | measann sibh | measann siad; measaid† |
a mheasann; a mheasas / a measann*; a measas* |
meastar |
| past | mheas mé; mheasas | mheas tú; mheasais | mheas sé, sí | mheasamar; mheas muid | mheas sibh; mheasabhair | mheas siad; mheasadar | a mheas / ar mheas* |
measadh | |
| past habitual | mheasainn | mheastá | mheasadh sé, sí | mheasaimis; mheasadh muid | mheasadh sibh | mheasaidís; mheasadh siad | a mheasadh / ar mheasadh* |
mheastaí | |
| future | measfaidh mé; measfad |
measfaidh tú; measfair† |
measfaidh sé, sí | measfaimid; measfaidh muid |
measfaidh sibh | measfaidh siad; measfaid† |
a mheasfaidh; a mheasfas / a measfaidh*; a measfas* |
measfar | |
| conditional | mheasfainn | mheasfá | mheasfadh sé, sí | mheasfaimis; mheasfadh muid | mheasfadh sibh | mheasfaidís; mheasfadh siad | a mheasfadh / ar mheasfadh* |
mheasfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go measa mé; go measad† |
go measa tú; go measair† |
go measa sé, sí | go measaimid; go measa muid |
go measa sibh | go measa siad; go measaid† |
— | go meastar |
| past | dá measainn | dá meastá | dá measadh sé, sí | dá measaimis; dá measadh muid |
dá measadh sibh | dá measaidís; dá measadh siad |
— | dá meastaí | |
| imperative | measaim | meas | measadh sé, sí | measaimis | measaigí; measaidh† |
measaidís | — | meastar | |
| verbal noun | meas | ||||||||
| past participle | measta | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Etymology 2
From Old Irish mess, from Proto-Celtic *messus, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-. Cognate with Old English mete (English meat); Latin madeō (“I am wet”), Ancient Greek μαστός (mastós, “breast”).
Noun
meas m (genitive singular measa, nominative plural measa)
Declension
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
- (fruit): toradh
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| meas | mheas | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.aːs/
Pronoun
meās
- feminine accusative plural of meus
Verb
meās
- second-person singular present active indicative of meō
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
meas m (genitive singular measa, plural measan)
- respect
- Tha meas againn air Seumas. ― We respect James.
- fruit
- Dè am meas as fheàrr leat? ― What fruit so you prefer?
- Is grinn am meas an t-Samhraidh. ― Sweet is the fruit of Summer.
Derived terms
- craobh-mheas, meas-chraobh (“fruit tree”)
- òr-mheas (“orange”)
Verb
meas (past mheas, future measaidh, verbal noun measadh, past participle measte)
Derived terms
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9