Meitheamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mithem (“midsummer, June”), from Proto-Celtic *medyo-samīno- (compare Welsh Mehefin).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɛhəvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɛhuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɛhu/

Noun

Meitheamh m (genitive singular Meithimh, nominative plural Meithimh)

1. June (sixth month of the Gregorian calendar)
2. middle month

Declension

Declension of Meitheamh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Meitheamh Meithimh Vocative a Mheithimh a Mheitheamha Genitive Meithimh Meitheamh Dative Meitheamh Meithimh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Meitheamh na Meithimh Genitive an Mheithimh na Meitheamh Dative leis an Meitheamh don Mheitheamh leis na Meithimh

Mutation

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

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Eanáir, Feabhra, Márta, Aibreán, Bealtaine, Meitheamh, Iúil, Lúnasa, Meán Fómhair, Deireadh Fómhair, Samhain, Mí na Nollag ^{(Category: ga:Months)}

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Meitheamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mithem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language