meáchan
Irish
Alternative forms
- meadhachan, meádhachan, meadhchan, meádhchan (superseded)
- meáchaint, meadhachaint, meádhchaint, meaghchaint
Etymology
From meáigh (“to weigh”) + -chan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmʲaːxənˠ/
Noun
meáchan m (genitive singular meáchain, nominative plural meáchain)
- weight (force due to gravity)
- (nonstandard) verbal noun of meáigh
- Synonym: meá
Declension
Declension of meáchan
First declension
Bare forms:
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Derived terms
- frithmheáchan (“counterweight”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
meáchan | mheáchan | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “meáchan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “meáchan”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “medachán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “meaḋaċan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 471