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maíomh

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish moídem.[2] By surface analysis, maígh +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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maíomh m (genitive singular as substantive maímh, genitive as verbal noun maíte)

  1. boast
  2. claim, assertion
  3. verbal noun of maígh

Declension

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As substantive:

Declension of maíomh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative maíomh
Vocative a mhaímh
Genitive maímh
Dative maíomh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an maíomh
Genitive an mhaímh
Dative leis an maíomh

don mhaíomh

As verbal noun:

Declension of maíomh

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative maíomh
Vocative a mhaíomh
Genitive maíte
Dative maíomh

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an maíomh
Genitive an mhaíte
Dative leis an maíomh

don mhaíomh

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Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ “maíomh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “moídem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 326, page 113

Further reading

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