meánaicmeach
Irish
Etymology
From meánaicme (“middle class, bourgeoisie”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
meánaicmeach (genitive singular masculine meánaicmigh, genitive singular feminine meánaicmí, plural meánaicmeacha, comparative meánaicmí)
- middle-class, bourgeois
- Synonym: buirgéiseach
Declension
Declension of meánaicmeach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | meánaicmeach | mheánaicmeach | meánaicmeacha; mheánaicmeacha² | |
| Vocative | mheánaicmigh | meánaicmeacha | ||
| Genitive | meánaicmí | meánaicmeacha | meánaicmeach | |
| Dative | meánaicmeach; mheánaicmeach¹ | mheánaicmeach; mheánaicmigh (archaic) | meánaicmeacha; mheánaicmeacha² | |
| Comparative | níos meánaicmí | |||
| Superlative | is meánaicmí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| meánaicmeach | mheánaicmeach | 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), “meánaicmeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “meánaicmeach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “meánaicmeach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.