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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish medaigid (“weighs; ponders, meditates; deems, judges”). Akin to meá. Compare Scottish Gaelic meidhich.
Pronunciation
Verb
meáigh (present analytic meánn, future analytic meáfaidh, verbal noun meá, past participle meáite)
- (transitive, intransitive) balance, weigh
- (transitive, intransitive) estimate, measure; consider, judge
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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meáim
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meánn tú; meáir†
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meánn sé, sí
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meáimid
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meánn sibh
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meánn siad; meáid†
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a mheánn; a mheás / a meánn*
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meáitear
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past
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mheáigh mé; mheás
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mheáigh tú; mheáis
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mheáigh sé, sí
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mheámar; mheáigh muid
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mheáigh sibh; mheábhair
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mheáigh siad; mheádar
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a mheáigh / ar mheáigh*
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meádh
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past habitual
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mheáinn / meáinn‡‡
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mheáiteá / meáiteᇇ
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mheádh sé, sí / meádh sé, s퇇
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mheáimis; mheádh muid / meáimis‡‡; meádh muid‡‡
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mheádh sibh / meádh sibh‡‡
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mheáidís; mheádh siad / meáidís‡‡; meádh siad‡‡
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a mheádh / a meádh*
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mheáití / meáit퇇
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future
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meáfaidh mé; meáfad
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meáfaidh tú; meáfair†
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meáfaidh sé, sí
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meáfaimid; meáfaidh muid
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meáfaidh sibh
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meáfaidh siad; meáfaid†
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a mheáfaidh; a mheáfas / a meáfaidh*
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meáfar
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conditional
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mheáfainn / meáfainn‡‡
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mheáfá / meáfᇇ
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mheáfadh sé, sí / meáfadh sé, s퇇
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mheáfaimis; mheáfadh muid / meáfaimis‡‡; meáfadh muid‡‡
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mheáfadh sibh / meáfadh sibh‡‡
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mheáfaidís; mheáfadh siad / meáfaidís‡‡; meáfadh siad‡‡
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a mheáfadh / a meáfadh*
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mheáfaí / meáfa퇇
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subjunctive
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present
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go meá mé; go meád†
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go meá tú; go meáir†
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go meá sé, sí
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go meáimid; go meá muid
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go meá sibh
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go meá siad; go meáid†
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—
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go meáitear
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past
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dá meáinn
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dá meáiteá
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dá meádh sé, sí
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dá meáimis; dá meádh muid
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dá meádh sibh
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dá meáidís; dá meádh siad
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—
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dá meáití
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imperative
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meáim
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meáigh
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meádh sé, sí
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meáimis
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meáigí; meáidh†
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meáidís
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—
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meáitear
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verbal noun
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meá
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past participle
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meáite
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
See also
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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meáigh
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mheáigh
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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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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meáigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “medaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 58