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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish mogénar, modgénair, from the Old Irish phrase mad génair (“luckily was born”). Cognate with Manx maynrey.
Pronunciation
Adjective
méanar (predicative only)
- fortunate, happy, lucky
- Antonym: mairg
Is méanar duit!- Lucky you! Good for you!
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| méanar
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mhéanar
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- “méanar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “méanar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 473
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “méanar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN