maitheamh

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish maithem. By surface analysis, maith +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

Noun

maitheamh m (genitive singular as substantive maithimh, genitive as verbal noun maite)

  1. verbal noun of maith
  2. forgiveness
  3. remission (of a debt)

Declension

As verbal noun
Declension of maitheamh (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative maitheamh
vocative a mhaitheamh
genitive maite
dative maitheamh
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an maitheamh
genitive an mhaite
dative leis an maitheamh
don mhaitheamh
As substantive
Declension of maitheamh (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative maitheamh
vocative a mhaithimh
genitive maithimh
dative maitheamh
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an maitheamh
genitive an mhaithimh
dative leis an maitheamh
don mhaitheamh

Mutation

Mutated forms of maitheamh
radical lenition eclipsis
maitheamh mhaitheamh not applicable

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

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