maí

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mai"

Icelandic

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Maius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maiː/
• Rhymes: -aiː

Noun

maí m (invariable)

1. May

Usage notes

The genitive form maís was also current in the 19th century, but is now obsolete.

Synonyms

• (May): maímánuður

Derived terms

derived terms

• maíblíða
• maíblóm
• maíbyrjun
• maídagur
• maíepli
• maígull
• maíhret
• maíklukka
• maíkvöld
• maílok
• maímánaðarbyrjun
• maímánuður
• maímorgunn
• maínótt
• maírófa

See also

  Icelandic month names

Icelandic months (appendix, Icelandic Wikipedia)
janúar, -mánuður	febrúar, -mánuður	mars, -mánuður	apríl, -mánuður	maí, -mánuður	júní, -mánuður	júlí, -mánuður	ágúst, -mánuður	september, -mánuður	október, -mánuður	nóvember, -mánuður	desember, -mánuður
Icelandic Historic Months (Icelandic Wikipedia)
þorri (Jan 13 - Feb 11)	góa (Feb 13 - 13 March)	einmánuður (March 14 - April 13)	harpa (April 14 - May 13)	skerpla (May 14 - June 12)	sólmánuður (June 13 - July 12)	heyannir (July 13 - August 14)	tvímánuður (August 15 - Sept 14)	haustmánuður (Sept 15 - Oct 13)	gormánuður (Oct 14 - Nov 13)	ýlir (Nov 14 - Dec 13)	mörsugur (Dec 14 - Jan 12)

Irish

Alternative forms

• maoidhe (obsolete)

Verb

maí

1. present subjunctive analytic of maígh

Mutation

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