meán-ard

Irish

Etymology

From meán- (“middle, medial, medium, mean, average”) +‎ ard (“tall”).

Adjective

meán-ard (genitive singular masculine meán-aird, genitive singular feminine meán-airde, plural meán-arda, comparative meán-airde)

  1. of average height

Declension

Declension of meán-ard
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative meán-ard mheán-ard meán-arda;
mheán-arda2
vocative mheán-aird meán-arda
genitive meán-arde meán-arda meán-ard
dative meán-ard;
mheán-ard1 		mheán-ard;
mheán-aird (archaic) 		meán-arda;
mheán-arda2
Comparative níos meán-arde
Superlative is meán-arde

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of meán-ard
radical lenition eclipsis
meán-ard mheán-ard not applicable

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

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