méid
See also: meid
IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish méit, mét (“greatness, magnitude, of size, quantity, number, extent, degree”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
méid m (genitive singular méid)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of méid
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Usage notesEdit
Although méid is masculine, an adjective that follows it is lenited, e.g. méid mhór (“a large amount”).
Related termsEdit
NounEdit
méid f (genitive singular méide, nominative plural méideanna)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of méid
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived termsEdit
- ainmhéid f (“hugeness, overgrowth”)
NounEdit
méid m sg
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
méid | mhéid | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
ReferencesEdit
- "méid" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “méit, mét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language