Meán-Ghaeilge

Irish

Etymology

From meán- (“middle”) +‎ Gaeilge (“the Irish language”).

Proper noun

Meán-Ghaeilge f (genitive Meán-Ghaeilge)

1. Middle Irish

Declension

Declension of Meán-Ghaeilge

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Meán-Ghaeilge Vocative a Mheán-Ghaeilge Genitive Meán-Ghaeilge Dative Meán-Ghaeilge

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Mheán-Ghaeilge Genitive na Meán-Ghaeilge Dative leis an Meán-Ghaeilge don Mheán-Ghaeilge

Related terms

• Nua-Ghaeilge f (“New Irish (cf. New English), Modern Irish”)
• Sean-Ghaeilge f (“Old Irish”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Meán-Ghaeilge”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Meán-Ghaeilge”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024