"meadhan" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See meadhan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmĩ.an/ [Lewis], [ˈmĩ˧˥.an˥˩] [Lewis], /mjɑːn/ (note: Harris), [mi̯ɑːn] (note: Harris), /ˈmia.ɛɲ/ (note: corresponding to the form meadhain), /ˈmi.ɛɲ/ (note: corresponding to the form meadhain), [ˈmiˑ.ɛɲ] (note: corresponding to the form meadhain), /ˈmi.aɲ/ (note: corresponding to the form meadhain), /ˈmɛ̃.an/ (note: Islay) Forms: meadhain [genitive, singular], meadhanan [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], meadhan [error-unrecognized-form], mheadhan [error-unrecognized-form], meadhon [alternative], meadhain [alternative], meadhoin [alternative]
Etymology: From Old Irish medón, from Latin mediānus. Akin to Irish meán. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|medón}} Old Irish medón, {{der|gd|la|mediānus}} Latin mediānus, {{cog|ga|meán}} Irish meán Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|meadhain|||||||||plural|meadhanan||||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=p|f11accel-form=genpl|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=gen|s|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} meadhan m (genitive singular meadhain, plural meadhanan), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=meadhain|pl=meadhanan}} meadhan m (genitive singular meadhain, plural meadhanan)
  1. middle, center, midst Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-meadhan-gd-noun-Z~wyUaEh Categories (other): Mathematics Disambiguation of Mathematics: 24 28 24 24
  2. waist Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-meadhan-gd-noun-bCRWuZub Categories (other): Body parts, Mathematics Disambiguation of Body parts: 8 66 8 18 Disambiguation of Mathematics: 24 28 24 24
  3. mean, average Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-meadhan-gd-noun-NnU~0v3q Categories (other): Mathematics Disambiguation of Mathematics: 24 28 24 24
  4. means, medium Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-meadhan-gd-noun-gksoXR9L Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header, Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks, Mathematics Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 15 28 15 41 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks: 14 23 14 48 Disambiguation of Mathematics: 24 28 24 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Am Meadhan, eadar-mheadhanach, eadar-mheadhanair, Meadhan-aoisean, meadhanach, saorsa nam meadhanan, teis-meadhan

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "tags": [
        "Lewis"
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      "ipa": "[ˈmĩ˧˥.an˥˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Lewis"
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      "ipa": "/mjɑːn/",
      "note": "Harris"
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      "ipa": "[mi̯ɑːn]",
      "note": "Harris"
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      "note": "corresponding to the form meadhain"
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      "note": "corresponding to the form meadhain"
    },
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      "note": "corresponding to the form meadhain"
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      "ipa": "/ˈmi.aɲ/",
      "note": "corresponding to the form meadhain"
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