meá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mea"

Irish

Etymology 1

    From earlier meadh, from Old Irish med,[1] from Proto-Celtic *medā, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“measure, consider”). Akin to meas.

    Cognate with Old English metan, Latin modius, and Ancient Greek μέδιμνος (médimnos, “medimnus”). Compare Scottish Gaelic meidh.

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    The Caighdeán Oifigiúil spelling meá (with a long vowel) conflates Classical meadh and meadhadh. Despite the conflated standardised spelling meá, the pronunciation of meadh and meadhadh remain separate in all dialects with the occasional exception of Connemara where Classical -eadh/-eagh is more commonly pronounced with long /ɑː/ than short /æ(h)/ (both pronunciations are found),[2] whereas Connemara -eadh-/-eagh- before a vowel has generally become long /ɑː/.

    Noun

    meá f (genitive singular as substantive meá, genitive as verbal noun meáite, nominative plural meánna)

    1. A scale, measure
    2. weights
    3. A balance
    4. verbal noun of meáigh
    Declension
    Declension of meá (fourth declension)
    bare forms
    singular plural
    nominative meá meánna
    vocative a mheá a mheánna
    genitive meá meánna
    dative meá meánna
    forms with the definite article
    singular plural
    nominative an mheá na meánna
    genitive na meá na meánna
    dative leis an meá
    don mheá     		leis na meánna
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

      From Old Irish mid, from Proto-Celtic *medu (“wine”), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; honey wine”). Cognate with Old English medu.

      Alternative forms

      Noun

      meá f (genitive singular meá, nominative plural meánna)

      1. mead
      Declension
      Declension of meá (fourth declension)
      bare forms
      singular plural
      nominative meá meánna
      vocative a mheá a mheánna
      genitive meá meánna
      dative meá meánna
      forms with the definite article
      singular plural
      nominative an mheá na meánna
      genitive na meá na meánna
      dative leis an meá
      don mheá       		leis na meánna

      Mutation

      Mutated forms of meá
      radical lenition eclipsis
      meá mheá not applicable

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

      References

      1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “med”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
      2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ó Curnáin, Brian (2007), The Irish of Iorras Aithneach County Galway, volume I, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, page 163
      3. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968), The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 319, page 112; reprinted 1988
      4. ^ Ó Buachalla, Breandán (2017), Cnuasach Chléire, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, page 203
      5. ^ Sheehan, Michael (1944), Sean-chaint na nDéise. The idiom of living Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, page 92
      6. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 297, page 105

      Further reading

      Spanish

      Verb

      meá

      1. second-person singular voseo imperative of mear
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