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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish méit (“size”), from Proto-Celtic *mantī. Doublet of méad.
Noun
méid m (genitive singular méid)
- amount, quantity, extent, degree, number
- used as antecedent: what (with article)
- Sin an méid a chosain sé. ― That's what it costs.
Usage notes
Although méid is masculine, an adjective that follows it is lenited, e.g. méid mhór (“a large amount”).
Declension
Derived terms
Noun
méid f (genitive singular méide, nominative plural méideanna)
- size, magnitude
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
méid m sg
- genitive singular of méad
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| méid
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mhéid
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 73
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 96
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “méit, mét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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