See also: Meath and meath-

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Noun edit

meath

  1. Obsolete form of mead (the drink).

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Etymology 1 edit

From Old Irish methaid (degenerates, declines, fails, is blighted; fails, comes short; blights, causes to decay; enfeebles, intimidates).

Verb edit

meath (present analytic meathann, future analytic meathfaidh, verbal noun meath, past participle meata)

  1. (intransitive) decline, decay, fail, deteriorate
  2. (transitive) waste, fritter away
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Etymology 2 edit

From Old Irish meth (decay, blight, wasting, failure; (moral) feebleness, degeneracy; failure (to fulfil an obligation)).

Noun edit

meath m (genitive singular meatha)

  1. verbal noun of meath
  2. decline, decay, decadence; failure
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Etymology 3 edit

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meath m (genitive singular meath)

  1. Alternative form of meá (balance, scales; weight, measure; equivalent; equal, match; estimation, judgment; measure, expedient)
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Mutation edit

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

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