meath
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
meath
Anagrams[edit]
Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Irish methaid (“to degenerate”).[2]
Verb[edit]
meath (present analytic meathann, future analytic meathfaidh, verbal noun meath, past participle meata)
Conjugation[edit]
conjugation of meath (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Irish meth (“decay”).[3]
Noun[edit]
meath m (genitive singular meatha)
- verbal noun of meath
- decline, decay, decadence; failure
Declension[edit]
Declension of meath
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms[edit]
- (decline, decay, failure): meathlú
Derived terms[edit]
- aghaidh mheata (“pale, thin, face”)
- croí meata (“faint, craven, heart”)
- gníomh meata (“cowardly, dastardly, deed”)
- meath na seanaoise (“senile decay”)
- meath uirbeach (“urban blight”)
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
meath m (genitive singular meath)
- Alternative form of meá (“balance, scales; weight, measure; equivalent; equal, match; estimation, judgment; measure, expedient”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of meath
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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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. |
References[edit]
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 105
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “methaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “meth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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