meánábhar

Irish

Etymology

From meán- (“middle”) +‎ ábhar (“matter, material”).

Noun

meánábhar m (genitive singular meánábhair, nominative plural meánábhair)

1. medium (material or empty space through which signals, waves or forces pass)

Declension

Declension of meánábhar (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative meánábhar meánábhair vocative a mheánábhair a mheánábhara genitive meánábhair meánábhar dative meánábhar meánábhair forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an meánábhar na meánábhair genitive an mheánábhair na meánábhar dative leis an meánábhar don mheánábhar leis na meánábhair

Mutation

Mutated forms of meánábhar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
meánábhar	mheánábhar	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “meánábhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “meánábhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm