"meadhan" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See meadhan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmĩ.an/ [Lewis], [ˈmĩ˧˥.an˥˩] [Lewis], /mjaːn/ (note: Harris), [mi̯ɑːn] (note: Harris), /ˈmia.ɛɲ/ (note: North Uist), /ˈmi.ɛɲ/ (note: Benbecula, South Uist, Barra), [ˈmiˑ.ɛɲ] (note: Benbecula, South Uist, Barra), /ˈmi.aɲ/ (note: Wester Ross) Forms: meadhain [genitive, singular], meadhanan [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], meadhan [error-unrecognized-form], mheadhan [error-unrecognized-form]
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=|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=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} 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
  2. waist Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Body parts
    Sense id: en-meadhan-gd-noun-bCRWuZub Disambiguation of Body parts: 5 57 5 32
  3. mean, average Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-meadhan-gd-noun-NnU~0v3q
  4. means, medium Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-meadhan-gd-noun-gksoXR9L Disambiguation of Mathematics: 8 24 8 60 Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header, Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 7 13 7 74 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks: 5 8 5 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: meadhon, meadhain, meadhoin Derived forms: Am Meadhan, eadar-mheadhanach, eadar-mheadhanair, Meadhan-aoisean, meadhanach, saorsa nam meadhanan, teis-meadhan

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "saorsa nam meadhanan"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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        "2": "la",
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin mediānus",
      "name": "der"
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      "expansion": "Irish meán",
      "name": "cog"
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meadhanan",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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      ]
    },
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        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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        "middle, center, midst"
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          "middle",
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          "midst"
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      ],
      "tags": [
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    },
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          "_dis": "5 57 5 32",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Body parts",
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            "All topics",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "Health"
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        }
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          "waist"
        ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈmĩ.an/",
      "tags": [
        "Lewis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmĩ˧˥.an˥˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Lewis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mjaːn/",
      "note": "Harris"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mi̯ɑːn]",
      "note": "Harris"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmia.ɛɲ/",
      "note": "North Uist"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.ɛɲ/",
      "note": "Benbecula, South Uist, Barra"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmiˑ.ɛɲ]",
      "note": "Benbecula, South Uist, Barra"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.aɲ/",
      "note": "Wester Ross"
    }
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      "word": "meadhon"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "meadhain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "meadhoin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meadhan"
}
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    "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
    "Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Latin",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
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    "gd:Body parts",
    "gd:Mathematics"
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      "word": "Am Meadhan"
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    {
      "word": "eadar-mheadhanach"
    },
    {
      "word": "eadar-mheadhanair"
    },
    {
      "word": "Meadhan-aoisean"
    },
    {
      "word": "meadhanach"
    },
    {
      "word": "saorsa nam meadhanan"
    },
    {
      "word": "teis-meadhan"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "la",
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      },
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    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Irish meán",
      "name": "cog"
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meadhanan",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meadhan",
      "source": "mutation",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "mheadhan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "middle, center, midst"
      ],
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          "center",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      ]
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          "medium"
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        "masculine"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmĩ.an/",
      "tags": [
        "Lewis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmĩ˧˥.an˥˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Lewis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mjaːn/",
      "note": "Harris"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mi̯ɑːn]",
      "note": "Harris"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmia.ɛɲ/",
      "note": "North Uist"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.ɛɲ/",
      "note": "Benbecula, South Uist, Barra"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmiˑ.ɛɲ]",
      "note": "Benbecula, South Uist, Barra"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.aɲ/",
      "note": "Wester Ross"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "meadhon"
    },
    {
      "word": "meadhain"
    },
    {
      "word": "meadhoin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meadhan"
}

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