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Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *mantī (“quantity”) (compare Welsh maint and possibly French maint if the latter is a loanword from Gaulish), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₁-nt-, from *meh₁- (“to measure”).
Pronunciation
Noun
méit f (genitive méite)
- size, magnitude
Declension
| Feminine ī-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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méitL
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—
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| Vocative
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méitL
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—
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—
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| Accusative
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méitN
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| Genitive
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méiteH
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| Dative
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méitL
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of méit
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lenition |
nasalization
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méit
also mméit after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
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méit
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/
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unchanged
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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