méith
See also: meith
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish méth (“plump, fat”),[2] from Proto-Celtic *mētos (whence Welsh mwyd (“soaking, moistening”)). The noun is a substantivization of the adjective.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editméith (genitive singular feminine méithe, plural méithe, comparative méithe)
- rich (having an intense fatty or sugary flavour)
- fat, corpulent, plump
- Synonym: ramhar
- rich (productive), fertile, fruitful (favorable to growth)
- juicy (of meat)
- lush (dense, teeming with life), succulent
- mellow (soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp)
- (nominalized, feminine) fat (specialized animal tissue)
Declension
editDeclension of méith
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | méith | mhéith | méithe; mhéithe² | |
Vocative | mhéith | méithe | ||
Genitive | méithe | méithe | méith | |
Dative | méith; mhéith¹ |
mhéith | méithe; mhéithe² | |
Comparative | níos méithe | |||
Superlative | is méithe |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
méith | mhéith | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ “méith”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “méth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 94, page 37
Further reading
edit- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “méaṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 477
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “méiṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 480
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “méith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN