meud

Bourguignon edit

Etymology edit

From Latin modius.

Noun edit

meud m (plural meuds)

big barrel used for wine

Synonyms edit

Breton edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Welsh bawd.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈmøːt/

Noun edit

meud m (plural meudoù)

thumb
pincer, claw (of crab or lobster)

Inflection edit

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Mutation of meud

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	meud	veud	unchanged	unchanged
plural	meudoù	veudoù	unchanged	unchanged

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish méit, mét (“greatness, magnitude, of size, quantity, number, extent, degree”) from Proto-Celtic *mantī, Proto-Indo-European *mh₁n̥tih₂, from a feminine *-onts derivative of *meh₁- (“to measure”). Cognate with Irish méid and Welsh maint.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /miat/

Noun edit

meud m (genitive singular meud, plural meudan)

size, extent
amount, quantity

Derived terms edit

cia mheud (“how many”)
cuir am meud (“overstate, exaggerate”)
dà-mheudach (“two-dimensional”)
meudachd (“size, magnitude, greatness, scale; calibre”)
trì-mheudach (“three-dimensional”)

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