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See also: meás, meãs, and meaş

English

Verb

meas

  1. (knitting) Abbreviation of measures.
    • 1998, Kristin Nicholas, Knitting the New Classics, page 106:
      When piece meas 2½" (6.5 cm) on RS, knit until 3 sts rem, k2tog, k1.

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mess, from Proto-Celtic *messus, from Proto-Indo-European *med-. Akin to meá.

Noun

meas m (genitive singular measa, nominative plural measanna)

  1. verbal noun of meas
  2. an opinion
  3. an evaluation, judgment, guess, estimate
  4. esteem, admiration, respect
    Tá meas agam uirthi. ― I have respect for her.
Declension
Declension of meas

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative meas measanna
Vocative a mheas a mheasanna
Genitive measa measanna
Dative meas measanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an meas na measanna
Genitive an mheasa na measanna
Dative leis an meas

don mheas

leis na measanna
Derived terms
Related terms

Verb

meas (present analytic measann, future analytic measfaidh, verbal noun meas, past participle measta) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. evaluate, consider, judge
  2. estimate, guess, anticipate
  3. esteem, admire
Conjugation
conjugation of meas (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present measaim measann tú;
measair† 		measann sé, sí measaimid measann sibh measann siad;
measaid† 		a mheasann; a mheasas /
a measann*; a measas* 		meastar
past mheas mé; mheasas mheas tú; mheasais mheas sé, sí mheasamar; mheas muid mheas sibh; mheasabhair mheas siad; mheasadar a mheas /
ar mheas* 		measadh
past habitual mheasainn / measainn‡‡ mheastá / meastᇇ mheasadh sé, sí / measadh sé, s퇇 mheasaimis; mheasadh muid / measaimis‡‡; measadh muid‡‡ mheasadh sibh / measadh sibh‡‡ mheasaidís; mheasadh siad / measaidís‡‡; measadh siad‡‡ a mheasadh /
a measadh* 		mheastaí / measta퇇
future measfaidh mé;
measfad 		measfaidh tú;
measfair† 		measfaidh sé, sí measfaimid;
measfaidh muid 		measfaidh sibh measfaidh siad;
measfaid† 		a mheasfaidh; a mheasfas /
a measfaidh*; a measfas* 		measfar
conditional mheasfainn / measfainn‡‡ mheasfá / measfᇇ mheasfadh sé, sí / measfadh sé, s퇇 mheasfaimis; mheasfadh muid / measfaimis‡‡; measfadh muid‡‡ mheasfadh sibh / measfadh sibh‡‡ mheasfaidís; mheasfadh siad / measfaidís‡‡; measfadh siad‡‡ a mheasfadh /
a measfadh* 		mheasfaí / measfa퇇
subjunctive present go measa mé;
go measad† 		go measa tú;
go measair† 		go measa sé, sí go measaimid;
go measa muid 		go measa sibh go measa siad;
go measaid† 		— go meastar
past dá measainn dá meastá dá measadh sé, sí dá measaimis;
dá measadh muid 		dá measadh sibh dá measaidís;
dá measadh siad 		— dá meastaí
imperative measaim meas measadh sé, sí measaimis measaigí;
measaidh† 		measaidís — meastar
verbal noun meas
past participle measta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Etymology 2

From Old Irish mess (“tree-fruit”), from Proto-Celtic *messus (Welsh mes (“acorns”), Breton mez (“acorns”)), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-. Cognate with Old English mete (English meat); Latin madeō (“I am wet”), Ancient Greek μαστός (mastós, “breast”).

Noun

meas m (genitive singular measa, nominative plural measa)

  1. fruit
    Synonym: toradh
  2. a nut
    Synonym: cnó
  3. produce
    Synonym: toradh
Declension
Declension of meas

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative meas measa
Vocative a mheas a mheasa
Genitive measa meas
Dative meas measa

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an meas na measa
Genitive an mheasa na meas
Dative leis an meas

don mheas

leis na measa

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
meas mheas not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Latin

Pronunciation

Pronoun

meās

  1. feminine accusative plural of meus

Verb

meās

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of meō

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish mess, from Proto-Celtic *messus, from Proto-Indo-European *med-.

Pronunciation

Noun

meas m (genitive singular measa, plural measan)

  1. respect
    Tha meas againn air Seumas. ― We respect James.
  2. fruit
    Dè am meas as fheàrr leat? ― What fruit do you prefer?
    Is grinn am meas an t-Samhraidh. ― Sweet is the fruit of Summer.

Derived terms

Verb

meas (past mheas, future measaidh, verbal noun measadh, past participle measte)

  1. think, reckon, consider
  2. respect, esteem
  3. evaluate, assess

Derived terms

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “meas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 mes(s)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeas/
  • Rhymes: -eas
  • Syllabification: me‧as

Verb

meas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of mear
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