meadhg

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish medc, from Proto-Celtic *mezgos.

Pronunciation

Noun

meadhg m (genitive singular meidhg) or
meadhg f (genitive singular meidhge)

  1. whey
    Ansan do thughadh sí an gruth do Labhrás agus d’óladh sí féin an meadhg.
    Then she would give the curds to Laurence and drink the whey herself.
  2. serum

Declension

As a masculine noun:

Declension of meadhg (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative meadhg
vocative a mheidhg
genitive meidhg
dative meadhg
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an meadhg
genitive an mheidhg
dative leis an meadhg
don mheadhg

As a feminine noun:

Declension of meadhg (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative meadhg
vocative a mheadhg
genitive meidhge
dative meadhg
meidhg (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an mheadhg
genitive na meidhge
dative leis an meadhg
leis an meidhg (archaic, dialectal)
don mheadhg
don mheidhg (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of meadhg
radical lenition eclipsis
meadhg mheadhg not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 94, page 27; reprinted 1988
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath , section 44, page 19
  3. ^ Hamilton, John Noel (1974) A Phonetic Study of the Irish of Tory Island, Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 3), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University Belfast, page 305
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 157, page 61

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish medc, from Proto-Celtic *mezgos.

Pronunciation

Noun

meadhg m

  1. (Lewis, Coigach) whey

Mutation

Mutation of meadhg
radical lenition
meadhg mheadhg

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

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap