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Irish
Noun
meadhan
- Obsolete spelling of meán.
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| meadhan
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mheadhan
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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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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish medón, from Latin mediānus. Akin to Irish meán.
Pronunciation
Noun
meadhan m (genitive singular meadhain, plural meadhanan)
- middle, center, midst
- waist
- mean, average
- means, medium
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.