meá

Etymology 1
From earlier, from , from , from. Akin to.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬. Compare 🇨🇬.

Pronunciation
The spelling meá (with a long vowel) conflates Classical meadh and meadhadh. Despite the conflated standardised spelling meá, the pronunciation of meadh and meadhadh remain separate in all dialects with the occasional exception of where Classical -eadh/-eagh is more commonly pronounced with long  than short  (both pronunciations are found), whereas  -eadh-/-eagh- before a vowel has generally become long.



Noun

 * 1) A scale, measure
 * 2) weights
 * 3) A balance

Etymology 2
From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) mead