meáchan

Irish

Alternative forms

meadhachan, meádhachan, meadhchan, meádhchan (superseded)
meáchaint, meadhachaint, meádhchaint, meaghchaint

Etymology

From meáigh (“to weigh”) +‎ -chan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmʲaːxənˠ/

Noun

meáchan m (genitive singular meáchain, nominative plural meáchain)

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

Declension

Declension of meáchan

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	meáchan	meáchain
Vocative	a mheáchain	a mheáchana
Genitive	meáchain	meáchan
Dative	meáchan	meáchain

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an meáchan	na meáchain
Genitive	an mheáchain	na meáchan
Dative	leis an meáchan don mheáchan	leis na meáchain

Derived terms

frithmheáchan (“counterweight”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
meáchan	mheáchan	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meáchan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“meáchan”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “medachán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “meaḋaċan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 471

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