meán-ard

Irish

Etymology

From meán- (“middle, medial, medium, mean, average”) +‎ ard (“tall”).

Adjective

meán-ard (genitive singular masculine meán-aird, genitive singular feminine meán-airde, plural meán-arda, comparative meán-airde)

1. of average height

Declension

Declension of meán-ard

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	meán-ard	mheán-ard	meán-arda; mheán-arda2
vocative	mheán-aird		meán-arda
genitive		meán-arde	meán-arda	meán-ard
dative	meán-ard; mheán-ard1	mheán-ard; mheán-aird (archaic)	meán-arda; mheán-arda2
Comparative	níos meán-arde
Superlative	is meán-arde

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of meán-ard

radical	lenition	eclipsis
meán-ard	mheán-ard	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-ard”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meán-ard”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm