meánaicme

Irish

Etymology

From meán- (“middle”) +‎ aicme (“class”).

Noun

meánaicme f (genitive singular meánaicme, nominative plural meánaicmí)

1. middle class, bourgeoisie

Declension

Declension of meánaicme (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative meánaicme meánaicmí vocative a mheánaicme a mheánaicmí genitive meánaicme meánaicmí dative meánaicme meánaicmí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mheánaicme na meánaicmí genitive na meánaicme na meánaicmí dative leis an meánaicme don mheánaicme leis na meánaicmí

Derived terms

• meánaicmeach (“middle-class, bourgeois”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of meánaicme

radical	lenition	eclipsis
meánaicme	mheánaicme	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) “meánaicme”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meánaicme”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “meánaicme”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025