maitheas

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish maithes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mˠahəsˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /mˠaːsˠ/

Noun

maitheas f or m (genitive singular maitheasa, nominative plural maitheasaí)

1. goodness, good
2. good thing, kindness, gift

Declension

Declension of maitheas

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative maitheas maitheasaí Vocative a mhaitheas a mhaitheasaí Genitive maitheasa maitheasaí Dative maitheas maitheasaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhaitheas na maitheasaí Genitive na maitheasa na maitheasaí Dative leis an maitheas don mhaitheas leis na maitheasaí

Derived terms

• mórmhaitheas

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maitheas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “maithes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “maitheas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “maitheas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024