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meánaois

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See also: manaois and Meánaois

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From meán- (middle) +‎ aois (age), calque of English middle age.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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meánaois f (genitive singular meánaoise, nominative plural meánaoiseanna)

  1. middle age

Declension

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Declension of meánaois (second declension)
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an mheánaois na meánaoiseanna
genitive na meánaoise na meánaoiseanna
dative leis an meánaois
don mheánaois
leis na meánaoiseanna

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of meánaois
radical lenition eclipsis
meánaois mheánaois not applicable

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

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 13

Further reading

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