miadh

See also: mì-àdh and mí-ádh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish míad (“honour, dignity, elevation; rank, status”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲiə/

Noun

miadh m (genitive singular miadha)

1. (literary) honor, dignity, distinction

Declension

Declension of miadh

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative miadh Vocative a mhiadh Genitive miadha Dative miadh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an miadh Genitive an mhiadha Dative leis an miadh don mhiadh

Derived terms

• miadhach (“honourable, distinguished”, adjective)
• miadhaigh (“honour, dignify”, verb)

Mutation

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

Further reading

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