meánchriosach
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]| 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]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| meánchriosach | mheánchriosach | 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
[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