meas

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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 (judgement), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (measure, consider). Akin to meá (scale, measure; weights; balance).

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
    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

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

Etymology 2

From Old Irish mess (tree-fruit), from Proto-Celtic *messus (acorn). Cognate with Welsh mes (acorns), Breton mez (acorns).

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

Mutated forms of meas
radical lenition eclipsis
meas mheas 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

Latin

Pronunciation

Pronoun

meās

  1. feminine accusative plural of meus

Verb

meās

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of meō

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

meas m (genitive singular measa, plural measan)

  1. respect
    Tha meas againn air Seumas.We respect James.

Verb

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

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

Etymology 2

From Old Irish mess (nuts), from Proto-Celtic *messus (acorn).

Noun

meas m (genitive singular measa, plural measan)

  1. 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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “meas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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