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Irish
Etymology
From English match.
Pronunciation
Noun
meaits m (genitive singular meaits, nominative plural meaitseanna)
- match (device to make fire)
- Synonyms: lasán, cipín
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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meaits
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mheaits
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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
- “meaits”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meaits”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50