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meon
meon
See also: méon
English
Meon
Noun
meon (uncountable)
- (obsolete) spignel, Meum athamanticum
Synonyms
- (Meum athamanticum): meu, meum; baldmoney, maldmoney; spignel, spicknel, spiknel, spikenel; bearwort, bear-wort, bear's wort
Irish
Etymology 1
Noun
meon m (genitive singular meoin, nominative plural meonta)
- mind, disposition; character, temperament
- Alternative form of mian (“desire”)
- Alternative form of méin (“mind, disposition”)
Declension
Declension of meon
First declension
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Derived terms
- meonúil (“whimsical, fanciful, capricious; particular, fastidious”, adjective)
Etymology 2
Noun
meon m (genitive singular meoin, nominative plural meoin)
- Alternative form of meán (“middle; mean; medium; average; middle, waist; middle zone”)
Declension
Declension of meon
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| meon | mheon | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "meon" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Old French
Adjective
meon
- (9th century) Alternative form of mon
Usage notes
- Used in the Oaths of Strasbourg.