méad

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See also: mead and Mead

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish méit, mét (“magnitude”).[1] Doublet of méid.

Pronunciation

Noun

méad m (genitive singular méid)

  1. amount (used only in phrases; see Derived terms)

Declension

Declension of méad (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative méad
vocative a mhéid
genitive méid
dative méad
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an méad
genitive an mhéid
dative leis an méad
don mhéad

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of méad
radical lenition eclipsis
méad mhéad 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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “méit, mét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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