meadhg

Irish

Alternative forms

• meidhg

Etymology

From Old Irish medc, from Proto-Celtic *mezgos.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht, Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲaiɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲeːɡ/, [ˈmʲɛə̯ɡ]

Noun

meadhg m (genitive singular meidhg) or
meadhg f (genitive singular meidhge)

1. whey

   Ansan do thughadh sí an gruth do Labhrás agus d’óladh sí féin an meadhg.

   Then she would give the curds to Laurence and drink the whey herself.

2. serum

Declension

As a masculine noun:

Declension of meadhg

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative meadhg Vocative a mheidhg Genitive meidhg Dative meadhg

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an meadhg Genitive an mheidhg Dative leis an meadhg don mheadhg

As a feminine noun:

Declension of meadhg

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative meadhg Vocative a mheadhg Genitive meidhge Dative meadhg meidhg (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an mheadhg Genitive na meidhge Dative leis an meadhg leis an meidhg (archaic, dialectal) don mheadhg don mheidhg (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

• meadhgúil

Mutation

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