meánscoil

Irish

Etymology

From meán- (“middle”) +‎ scoil (“school”).

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɑːnˠˌsˠkɛlʲ/

Noun

meánscoil f (genitive singular meánscoile, nominative plural meánscoileanna)

1. secondary school, academy, college

Declension

Declension of meánscoil

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative meánscoil meánscoila Vocative a mheánscoil a mheánscoila Genitive meánscoile meánscoil Dative meánscoil meánscoila

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mheánscoil na meánscoila Genitive na meánscoile na meánscoil Dative leis an meánscoil don mheánscoil leis na meánscoila

Synonyms

• ardscoil

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
meánscoil	mheánscoil	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) “meánscoil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN