medón

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Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mediānus.

Pronunciation

Noun

medón m (genitive medóin, nominative plural medóin)

  1. middle

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative medón medónL medóinL
Vocative medóin medónL medónuH
Accusative medónN medónL medónuH
Genitive medóinL medón medónN
Dative medónL medónaib medónaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: meán
  • Manx: mean
  • Scottish Gaelic: meadhan
  • ? Welsh: mewn

Mutation

Mutation of medón
radical lenition nasalization
medón
also mmedón after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
medón
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/
unchanged

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

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