meánaicmeach

Irish

Etymology

From meánaicme (“middle class, bourgeoisie”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

meánaicmeach (genitive singular masculine meánaicmigh, genitive singular feminine meánaicmí, plural meánaicmeacha, comparative meánaicmí)

middle-class, bourgeois

Declension

Declension of meánaicmeach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	meánaicmeach	mheánaicmeach	meánaicmeacha; mheánaicmeacha²
Vocative	mheánaicmigh	mheánaicmeach	meánaicmeacha
Genitive	mheánaicmigh	meánaicmí	meánaicmeacha	meánaicmeach
Dative	meánaicmeach; mheánaicmeach¹	mheánaicmeach; mheánaicmigh (archaic)	meánaicmeacha; mheánaicmeacha²
Comparative	níos meánaicmí
Superlative	is meánaicmí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

(bourgeois): buirgéiseach

Mutation

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

References

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

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