meánloingseach

Irish

Etymology

From meán- (“middle”) +‎ loingseach (“mariner, seaman”).

Noun

meánloingseach m (genitive singular meánloingsigh, nominative plural meánloingsigh)

1. (nautical) midshipman

Declension

Declension of meánloingseach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative meánloingseach meánloingsigh vocative a mheánloingsigh a mheánloingseacha genitive meánloingsigh meánloingseach dative meánloingseach meánloingsigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an meánloingseach na meánloingsigh genitive an mheánloingsigh na meánloingseach dative leis an meánloingseach don mheánloingseach leis na meánloingsigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of meánloingseach

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