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meadhan

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Irish

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Noun

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meadhan

  1. Obsolete spelling of meán.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of meadhan
radical lenition eclipsis
meadhan mheadhan not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish medón, from Latin mediānus. Akin to Irish meán.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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meadhan m (genitive singular meadhain, plural meadhanan)

  1. middle, center, midst
  2. waist
  3. mean, average
  4. means, medium

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of meadhan
radical lenition
meadhan mheadhan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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  6. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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