meán-

See also: mean and meán

Irish

Etymology

From meán (“average, medium, mean”).

Prefix

meán-

middle, medial, medium, mean, average

Synonyms

(mean, medial, medium, average, middle): meánach
(middle): lár, láir

Derived terms

Terms derived from meán-

meánábhar m (“intervening substance, medium”)
meán-am m (“mean time; average time”)
meáncheannaí m (“middleman”)
meánchoimrigh (“syncopate”, verb)
meánchostas m (“average cost”)
meánchúrsa m (“intermediate course”)

meánluach m (“average price”)
meánmheáchan m (“middle-weight”)
meánmhéid f (“medium size”)
meánmhúinteoir m (“secondary teacher”)
meán-saorchonair f (“mean free path”)
meánscála m (“medium scale”)

meánscoth f (“middling quality”)
meánséasúr m (“mid-season”)
meánsuim f (“average amount”)
meántéarma m (“middle term”)
meánteistiméireacht f (“intermediate certificate”)
meántoirt f (“mean volume; middle size”)

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Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
meán-	mheán-	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"meán-" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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