meánaois

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See also: manaois and Meánaois

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From meán- (“middle”) +‎ aois (“age”), calque of English middle age.

Pronunciation

Noun

meánaois f (genitive singular meánaoise, nominative plural meánaoiseanna)

  1. middle age

Declension

Declension of meánaois (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative meánaois meánaoiseanna
vocative a mheánaois a mheánaoiseanna
genitive meánaoise meánaoiseanna
dative meánaois meánaoiseanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an mheánaois na meánaoiseanna
genitive na meánaoise na meánaoiseanna
dative leis an meánaois
don mheánaois 		leis na meánaoiseanna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of meánaois
radical lenition eclipsis
meánaois mheánaois not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 13

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