Mide

See also: mide and midè

Middle Irish

Etymology

Likely from Old Irish mide (“middle, centre”).

Pronunciation

• (earlier) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲiðʲə/
• (later) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲiɣʲə/

Proper noun

Mide m

1. Meath (a province of Ireland)

Inflection

• Genitive singular: Midi
• Dative singular: Midiu

Descendants

• Irish: An Mhí

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Mide	Mide pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Mide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language