From Middle Irish máeth, móeth (“soft, tender, yielding”), from Old Irish moíth, from Proto-Celtic *moytos (“tender”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁- (“mild, soft”).
maoth (genitive singular masculine maoith, genitive singular feminine maoithe, plural maotha, comparative maoithe)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | maoth | mhaoth | maotha; mhaotha² | |
Vocative | mhaoith | maotha | ||
Genitive | maoithe | maotha | maoth | |
Dative | maoth; mhaoth¹ |
mhaoth; mhaoith (archaic) |
maotha; mhaotha² | |
Comparative | níos maoithe | |||
Superlative | is maoithe |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
maoth | mhaoth | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
From Middle Irish máeth, móeth (“soft, tender, yielding”), from Old Irish moíth, from Proto-Celtic *moytos (“tender”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁- (“mild, soft”).
maoth (comparative maoithe)
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
maoth | mhaoth |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |