meaits

Irish

Etymology

From English match.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲatʲʃ/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠɑtʲʃ/ (as if spelled maits)

Noun

meaits m (genitive singular meaits, nominative plural meaitseanna)

1. match (device to make fire)

   Synonyms: lasán, cipín

Declension

Declension of meaits

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative meaits meaitseanna Vocative a mheaits a mheaitseanna Genitive meaits meaitseanna Dative meaits meaitseanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an meaits na meaitseanna Genitive an mheaits na meaitseanna Dative leis an meaits don mheaits leis na meaitseanna

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “meaits”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meaits”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN