méanar
Irish
Alternative forms
- méanair, méanra, méara
- meunra, méannra, moighéanar (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Irish mogénar, modgénair, from the Old Irish phrase mad génair (“luckily was born”). Cognate with Manx maynrey.
Adjective
méanar (predicative only)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| méanar | mhéanar | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 89
Further reading
- “méanar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “méanar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 473
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “méanar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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