meatán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

meatán m (genitive singular meatáin)

1. (organic chemistry) methane

Declension

Declension of meatán (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative meatán vocative a mheatáin genitive meatáin dative meatán forms with the definite article case singular nominative an meatán genitive an mheatáin dative leis an meatán don mheatán

Derived terms

• meatánaigin
• meatánaigineas

Mutation

Mutated forms of meatán

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