meadhan
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish medón, from Latin mediānus. Akin to Irish meán
Noun
meadhan m (genitive singular meadhain, plural meadhanan)
- middle, center, midst
- waist
- mean, average
- means, medium
Derived terms
Derived terms
- eadar-mheadhanach (“intermediate”)
- eadar-mheadhanair (“mediator”)
- meadhanach (“middle; middling”)
- Na Meadhan-aoisean (“the Middle Ages”)
- saorsa nam meadhanan (“freedom of the press”)
- teis-meadhan (“(the) very centre”)