meánchriosach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From meánchrios + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]meánchriosach (genitive singular masculine meánchriosaigh, genitive singular feminine meánchriosaí, plural meánchriosacha, not comparable)
- equatorial (of the geography of a region)
Declension
[edit]Declension of meánchriosach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | meánchriosach | mheánchriosach | meánchriosacha; mheánchriosacha² | |
| Vocative | mheánchriosaigh | meánchriosacha | ||
| Genitive | meánchriosaí | meánchriosacha | meánchriosach | |
| Dative | meánchriosach; mheánchriosach¹ |
mheánchriosach; mheánchriosaigh (archaic) |
meánchriosacha; mheánchriosacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| meánchriosach | mheánchriosach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meánchriosach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “meánchriosach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024