Meánmhuir

Irish

Etymology

From meán- (“middle”) +‎ muir (“sea”).

Proper noun

An Mheánmhuir f (genitive na Meánmhara)

1. the Mediterranean Sea

Declension

Declension of Meánmhuir (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Meánmhuir vocative a Mheánmhuir genitive Meánmhara dative Meánmhuir forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Mheánmhuir genitive na Meánmhara dative leis an Meánmhuir don Mheánmhuir

Derived terms

• Meánmhuirí (“Mediterranean”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Meánmhuir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Meánmhuir	Mheánmhuir	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) “Meánmhuir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Meánmhuir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Mheánmhuir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024