Meadhbh

Irish

Proper noun

Meadhbh f (genitive Meidhbhe)

1. Superseded spelling of Méabh.

Declension

Declension of Meadhbh

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Meadhbh Vocative a Mheadhbh Genitive Meidhbhe Dative Meadhbh Meidhbh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Mheadhbh Genitive na Meidhbhe Dative leis an Meadhbh leis an Meidhbh (archaic, dialectal) don Mheadhbh don Mheidhbh (archaic, dialectal)

• Genitive: Meadhbha, Meádhbha

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Meaḋḃ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 472
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Meaḋḃ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 135