mear
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɪə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /mɪ(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Noun
mear (plural mears)
See also
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mear in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʲaɾˠ/
Adjective
mear (genitive singular masculine mear, genitive singular feminine mire, plural meara, comparative mire)
Declension
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | mear | mhear | meara; mheara² | |
Vocative | mhear | meara | ||
Genitive | mire | meara | mear | |
Dative | mear; mhear¹ |
mhear; mhear (archaic) |
meara; mheara² | |
Comparative | níos mire | |||
Superlative | is mire |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Verb
mear (present analytic mearann, future analytic mearfaidh, verbal noun mearadh, past participle meartha)
- (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of mearaigh (“derange, distract; bewilder, confuse; excite, infuriate; bother, trouble; become distracted, bewildered; become infuriated”)
Conjugation
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | present | mearaim | mearann tú; mearair† |
mearann sé, sí | mearaimid | mearann sibh | mearann siad; mearaid† |
a mhearann; a mhearas / a mearann*; a mearas* |
meartar |
past | mhear mé; mhearas | mhear tú; mhearais | mhear sé, sí | mhearamar; mhear muid | mhear sibh; mhearabhair | mhear siad; mhearadar | a mhear / ar mhear* |
mearadh | |
past habitual | mhearainn | mheartá | mhearadh sé, sí | mhearaimis; mhearadh muid | mhearadh sibh | mhearaidís; mhearadh siad | a mhearadh / ar mhearadh* |
mheartaí | |
future | mearfaidh mé; mearfad |
mearfaidh tú; mearfair† |
mearfaidh sé, sí | mearfaimid; mearfaidh muid |
mearfaidh sibh | mearfaidh siad; mearfaid† |
a mhearfaidh; a mhearfas / a mearfaidh*; a mearfas* |
mearfar | |
conditional | mhearfainn / mearfainn‡‡ | mhearfá / mearfᇇ | mhearfadh sé, sí / mearfadh sé, s퇇 | mhearfaimis; mhearfadh muid / mearfaimis‡‡; mearfadh muid‡‡ | mhearfadh sibh / mearfadh sibh‡‡ | mhearfaidís; mhearfadh siad / mearfaidís‡‡; mearfadh siad‡‡ | a mhearfadh / ar mhearfadh* |
mhearfaí / mearfa퇇 | |
subjunctive | present | go meara mé; go mearad† |
go meara tú; go mearair† |
go meara sé, sí | go mearaimid; go meara muid |
go meara sibh | go meara siad; go mearaid† |
— | go meartar |
past | dá mearainn | dá meartá | dá mearadh sé, sí | dá mearaimis; dá mearadh muid |
dá mearadh sibh | dá mearaidís; dá mearadh siad |
— | dá meartaí | |
imperative | mearaim | mear | mearadh sé, sí | mearaimis | mearaigí; mearaidh† |
mearaidís | — | meartar | |
verbal noun | mearadh | ||||||||
past participle | meartha |
* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mear | mhear | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "mear" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “mear” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “mear” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Late Latin mediāre, present active infinitive of mediō, from Latin medius. Compare mediar (a borrowed doublet).
Verb
mear (first-person singular present indicative meio, past participle meado)
- to halve (divide into two)
Conjugation
Notes:[edit] | ||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | mear | |||||
Personal | mear | meares | mear | mearmos | meardes | mearem |
Gerund | ||||||
meando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | meado | meados | ||||
Feminine | meada | meadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | meio | meias | meia | meamos | meais | meiam |
Imperfect | meava | meavas | meava | meávamos | meáveis | meavam |
Preterite | meei | measte | meou | meamos meámos |
meastes | mearam |
Pluperfect | meara | mearas | meara | meáramos | meáreis | mearam |
Future | mearei | mearás | meará | mearemos | meareis | mearão |
Conditional | ||||||
mearia | mearias | mearia | mearíamos | mearíeis | meariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | meie | meies | meie | meemos | meeis | meiem |
Imperfect | measse | measses | measse | meássemos | meásseis | meassem |
Future | mear | meares | mear | mearmos | meardes | mearem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | - | meia | meie | meemos | meai | meiem |
Negative (não) | - | meies | meie | meemos | meeis | meiem |
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin mēiō, mēiere, reinterpreted in Vulgar Latin as a first-conjugation verb (*mēiāre). Compare Portuguese mijar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈaɾ/
Verb
mear (first-person singular present meo, first-person singular preterite meé, past participle meado)
- to piss
- (reflexive) to piss oneself
Conjugation
infinitive | mear | ||||||
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gerund | meando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | meado | meada | |||||
plural | meados | meadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | meo | meastú meásvos |
mea | meamos | meáis | mean | |
imperfect | meaba | meabas | meaba | meábamos | meabais | meaban | |
preterite | meé | measte | meó | meamos | measteis | mearon | |
future | mearé | mearás | meará | mearemos | mearéis | mearán | |
conditional | mearía | mearías | mearía | mearíamos | mearíais | mearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | mee | meestú meésvos2 |
mee | meemos | meéis | meen | |
imperfect (ra) |
meara | mearas | meara | meáramos | mearais | mearan | |
imperfect (se) |
mease | meases | mease | meásemos | measeis | measen | |
future1 | meare | meares | meare | meáremos | meareis | mearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | meatú meávos |
mee | meemos | mead | meen | ||
negative | no mees | no mee | no meemos | no meéis | no meen |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive mear | |||||||
dative | mearme | mearte | mearle, mearse | mearnos | mearos | mearles, mearse | |
accusative | mearme | mearte | mearlo, mearla, mearse | mearnos | mearos | mearlos, mearlas, mearse | |
with gerund meando | |||||||
dative | meándome | meándote | meándole, meándose | meándonos | meándoos | meándoles, meándose | |
accusative | meándome | meándote | meándolo, meándola, meándose | meándonos | meándoos | meándolos, meándolas, meándose | |
with informal second-person singular imperative mea | |||||||
dative | méame | méate | méale | méanos | not used | méales | |
accusative | méame | méate | méalo, méala | méanos | not used | méalos, méalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative mee | |||||||
dative | méeme | not used | méele, méese | méenos | not used | méeles | |
accusative | méeme | not used | méelo, méela, méese | méenos | not used | méelos, méelas | |
with first-person plural imperative meemos | |||||||
dative | not used | meémoste | meémosle | meémonos | meémoos | meémosles | |
accusative | not used | meémoste | meémoslo, meémosla | meémonos | meémoos | meémoslos, meémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative mead | |||||||
dative | meadme | not used | meadle | meadnos | meaos | meadles | |
accusative | meadme | not used | meadlo, meadla | meadnos | meaos | meadlos, meadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative meen | |||||||
dative | méenme | not used | méenle | méennos | not used | méenles, méense | |
accusative | méenme | not used | méenlo, méenla | méennos | not used | méenlos, méenlas, méense |