Méabh

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish Medb, from Proto-Celtic *medwā, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Compare Middle Irish medb (“intoxicating”), from Proto-Celtic *medwos.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Méabh f (genitive Méibhe or Méabha)

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Maeve
  2. queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle

Declension

Declension of Méabh (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative Méabh
vocative a Mhéabh
genitive Méibhe
dative Méabh
Méibh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an Mhéabh
genitive na Méibhe
dative leis an Méabh
leis an Méibh (archaic, dialectal)
don Mhéabh
don Mhéibh (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: Maeve

Mutation

Mutated forms of Méabh
radical lenition eclipsis
Méabh Mhéabh not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 135, page 52

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