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, no plural)

bare forms 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 (“modern Irish”)
• Sean-Ghaeilge f (“Old Irish”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Meán-Ghaeilge

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Meán-Ghaeilge	Mheán-Ghaeilge	not applicable

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

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