méith

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish méth (“plump, fat”),[2] from Proto-Celtic *mētos (whence Welsh mwyd (“soaking, moistening”)). The noun is a substantivization of the adjective.

Pronunciation

Adjective

méith (genitive singular feminine méithe, plural méithe, comparative méithe)

  1. rich (having an intense fatty or sugary flavour)
  2. fat, corpulent, plump
    Synonym: ramhar
  3. rich (productive), fertile, fruitful (favorable to growth)
    Synonyms: borrúil, torthúil
  4. juicy (of meat)
  5. lush (dense, teeming with life), succulent
  6. mellow (soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp)
  7. (nominalized, feminine) fat (specialized animal tissue)
    Synonyms: saill, méathras

Declension

Declension of méith
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative méith mhéith méithe;
mhéithe²
Vocative mhéith méithe
Genitive méithe méithe méith
Dative méith;
mhéith¹ 		mhéith méithe;
mhéithe²
Comparative níos méithe
Superlative is méithe

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
méith mhéith not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ “méith”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “méth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 94, page 37

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