meá

See also: mea, MEA, Meá, and meã

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 Conamara where Classical -eadh/-eagh is more commonly pronounced with long /ɑː/ than short /æ(h)/ (both pronunciations are found),[2] whereas Conamara -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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative meá meánna
Vocative a mheá a mheánna
Genitive meá meánna
Dative meá meánna

Forms with the definite article

Case 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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative meá meánna
Vocative a mheá a mheánna
Genitive meá meánna
Dative meá meánna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mheá na meánna
Genitive na meá na meánna
Dative leis an meá

don mheá

 leis na meánna

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

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “med”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Ó Curnáin, Brian (2007) The Irish of Iorras Aithneach County Galway, volume I, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, page 163
  3. Ó Cuív, Brian (1988) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 319, page 112
  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
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “meá” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “meá” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Spanish

Verb

meá

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of mear
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