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Irish
Etymology 1
From earlier meadh, from Old Irish med,[1] from Proto-Celtic *medā, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“measure, consider”). Akin to meas.
Cognate with Old English metan, Latin modius, and Ancient Greek μέδιμνος (médimnos, “medimnus”). Compare Scottish Gaelic meidh.
Pronunciation
The Caighdeán Oifigiúil spelling meá (with a long vowel) conflates Classical meadh and meadhadh. Despite the conflated standardised spelling meá, the pronunciation of meadh and meadhadh remain separate in all dialects with the occasional exception of Connemara where Classical -eadh/-eagh is more commonly pronounced with long /ɑː/ than short /æ(h)/ (both pronunciations are found),[2] whereas Connemara -eadh-/-eagh- before a vowel has generally become long /ɑː/.
Noun
meá f (genitive singular as substantive meá, genitive as verbal noun meáite, nominative plural meánna)
- A scale, measure
- weights
- A balance
- verbal noun of meáigh
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Irish mid, from Proto-Celtic *medu (“wine”), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; honey wine”). Cognate with Old English medu.
Noun
meá f (genitive singular meá, nominative plural meánna)
- mead
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| meá
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mheá
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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
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “med”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ó Curnáin, Brian (2007) The Irish of Iorras Aithneach County Galway, volume I, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, page 163
- ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 319, page 112; reprinted 1988
- ^ Ó Buachalla, Breandán (2017) Cnuasach Chléire, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, page 203
- ^ Sheehan, Michael (1944) Sean-chaint na nDéise. The idiom of living Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, page 92
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 297, page 105
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meá”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “meá”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Spanish
Verb
meá
- second-person singular voseo imperative of mear