méith

See also: meith

Irish

From Old Irish méth (“plump, fat”),^[2] from Proto-Celtic *mētos (whence Welsh mwyd (“soaking, moistening”)). The noun is a substantivization of the adjective.

méith (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)
Synonyms: borrúil, torthúil
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)
Synonyms: saill, méathras

Declension of méith

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	méith	mhéith	méithe; mhéithe²
Vocative	mhéith	mhéith	méithe
Genitive	mhéith	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.

Irish mutation
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.

^ “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