meáchan

Irish

Alternative forms

  • meadhachan, meádhachan, meadhchan, meádhchan (superseded)
  • meáchaint, meadhachaint, meádhchaint, meaghchaint[1]

Etymology

From meáigh (“to weigh”) +‎ -chan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʲaːxənˠ/

Noun

meáchan m (genitive singular meáchain, nominative plural meáchain)

  1. weight (force due to gravity)
  2. (nonstandard) verbal noun of meáigh
    Synonym: meá

Declension

Declension of meáchan (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative meáchan meáchain
vocative a mheáchain a mheáchana
genitive meáchain meáchan
dative meáchan meáchain
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an meáchan na meáchain
genitive an mheáchain na meáchan
dative leis an meáchan
don mheáchan 		leis na meáchain

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of meáchan
radical lenition eclipsis
meáchan mheáchan not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “meáchan”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

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