meánscoil

Irish

Etymology

From meán- (“middle”) +‎ scoil (“school”).

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɑːnˠˌsˠkɛlʲ/

Noun

meánscoil f (genitive singular meánscoile, nominative plural meánscoileanna)

1. secondary school, academy, college

Declension

Declension of meánscoil (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative meánscoil meánscoila vocative a mheánscoil a mheánscoila genitive meánscoile meánscoil dative meánscoil meánscoila forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mheánscoil na meánscoila genitive na meánscoile na meánscoil dative leis an meánscoil don mheánscoil leis na meánscoila

Synonyms

• ardscoil

Mutation

Mutated forms of meánscoil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
meánscoil	mheánscoil	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) “meánscoil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN