meadhanach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish medónach (compare Irish meánach). By surface analysis, meadhan +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (South Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.anəx/

Adjective

meadhanach (genitive singular masculine meadhanaich)

1. middle
2. middling, tolerable, average, so-so

   Synonym: cuibheasach

   Antonym: mì-mheadhanach

Derived terms

• Na Linntean Meadhanach

Related terms

• meadhanachd

Mutation

Mutation of meadhanach

radical	lenition
meadhanach	mheadhanach

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “medónach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language