meán-
See also: mean and meán
Irish
Etymology
From meán (“average, medium, mean”).
Prefix
meán-
- middle, medial, medium, mean, average
Synonyms
- (mean, medial, medium, average, middle): meánach
- (middle): lár, láir
Derived terms
- 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- | not applicable |
| 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.