meán-ard
Irish
Etymology
From meán- (“middle, medial, medium, mean, average”) + ard (“tall”).
Adjective
meán-ard (genitive singular masculine meán-aird, genitive singular feminine meán-airde, plural meán-arda, comparative meán-airde)
- of average height
Declension
Declension of meán-ard
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | meán-ard | mheán-ard | meán-arda; mheán-arda² | |
| Vocative | mheán-aird | meán-arda | ||
| Genitive | meán-arde | meán-arda | meán-ard | |
| Dative | meán-ard; mheán-ard¹ | mheán-ard; mheán-aird (archaic) | meán-arda; mheán-arda² | |
| Comparative | níos meán-arde | |||
| Superlative | is meán-arde | |||
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 |
| meán-ard | mheán-ard | 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), “meán-ard”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “meán-ard” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.