meán-

See also: mean and meán

Irish

Etymology

From meán (“average, medium, mean”).

Prefix

meán-

1. middle, medial, medium, mean, average

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• meán-am m (“mean time; average time”)
• meán-saorchonair f (“mean free path”)
• meánábhar m (“intervening substance, medium”)
• 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”)
• 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”)

 

Irish terms prefixed with meán-

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meán-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN