meántiarna

Irish

Etymology

From meán- (“middle”) +‎ tiarna (“lord”).

Noun

meántiarna m (genitive singular meántiarna, nominative plural meántiarnaí)

1. (law) mesne lord

Declension

Declension of meántiarna (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative meántiarna meántiarnaí vocative a mheántiarna a mheántiarnaí genitive meántiarna meántiarnaí dative meántiarna meántiarnaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an meántiarna na meántiarnaí genitive an mheántiarna na meántiarnaí dative leis an meántiarna don mheántiarna leis na meántiarnaí

Derived terms

• meántiarna talún m (“mesne landlord”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of meántiarna

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