meánaicmeach

Irish

Etymology

From meánaicme (“middle class, bourgeoisie”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

meánaicmeach (genitive singular masculine meánaicmigh, genitive singular feminine meánaicmí, plural meánaicmeacha, comparative meánaicmí)

1. middle-class, bourgeois

   Synonym: buirgéiseach

Declension

Declension of meánaicmeach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	meánaicmeach	mheánaicmeach	meánaicmeacha; mheánaicmeacha2
vocative	mheánaicmigh		meánaicmeacha
genitive		meánaicmí	meánaicmeacha	meánaicmeach
dative	meánaicmeach; mheánaicmeach1	mheánaicmeach; mheánaicmigh (archaic)	meánaicmeacha; mheánaicmeacha2
Comparative	níos meánaicmí
Superlative	is meánaicmí

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 meánaicmeach

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