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English
Noun
meath
- Obsolete form of mead (“the drink”).
Anagrams
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish methaid (“to degenerate”).[2]
Verb
meath (present analytic meathann, future analytic meathfaidh, verbal noun meath, past participle meata)
- (intransitive) decline, decay, fail, deteriorate
- (transitive) waste, fritter away
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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meathaim
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meathann tú;
meathair†
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meathann sé, sí
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meathaimid
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meathann sibh
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meathann siad;
meathaid†
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a mheathann; a mheathas /
a meathann*
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meatar
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| past
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mheath mé; mheathas
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mheath tú; mheathais
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mheath sé, sí
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mheathamar; mheath muid
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mheath sibh; mheathabhair
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mheath siad; mheathadar
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a mheath /
ar mheath*
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meathadh
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| past habitual
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mheathainn / meathainn‡‡
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mheatá / meatᇇ
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mheathadh sé, sí / meathadh sé, s퇇
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mheathaimis; mheathadh muid / meathaimis‡‡; meathadh muid‡‡
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mheathadh sibh / meathadh sibh‡‡
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mheathaidís; mheathadh siad / meathaidís‡‡; meathadh siad‡‡
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a mheathadh /
a meathadh*
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mheataí / meata퇇
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| future
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meathfaidh mé;
meathfad
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meathfaidh tú;
meathfair†
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meathfaidh sé, sí
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meathfaimid;
meathfaidh muid
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meathfaidh sibh
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meathfaidh siad;
meathfaid†
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a mheathfaidh; a mheathfas /
a meathfaidh*
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meathfar
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| conditional
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mheathfainn / meathfainn‡‡
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mheathfá / meathfᇇ
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mheathfadh sé, sí / meathfadh sé, s퇇
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mheathfaimis; mheathfadh muid / meathfaimis‡‡; meathfadh muid‡‡
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mheathfadh sibh / meathfadh sibh‡‡
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mheathfaidís; mheathfadh siad / meathfaidís‡‡; meathfadh siad‡‡
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a mheathfadh /
a meathfadh*
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mheathfaí / meathfa퇇
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| subjunctive
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present
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go meatha mé;
go meathad†
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go meatha tú;
go meathair†
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go meatha sé, sí
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go meathaimid;
go meatha muid
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go meatha sibh
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go meatha siad;
go meathaid†
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—
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go meatar
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| past
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dá meathainn
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dá meatá
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dá meathadh sé, sí
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dá meathaimis;
dá meathadh muid
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dá meathadh sibh
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dá meathaidís;
dá meathadh siad
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—
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dá meataí
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| imperative
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meathaim
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meath
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meathadh sé, sí
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meathaimis
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meathaigí;
meathaidh†
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meathaidís
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—
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meatar
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| verbal noun
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meath
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| past participle
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meata
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Etymology 2
From Old Irish meth (“decay”).[3]
Noun
meath m (genitive singular meatha)
- verbal noun of meath
- decline, decay, decadence; failure
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Noun
meath m (genitive singular meath)
- Alternative form of meá (“balance, scales; weight, measure; equivalent; equal, match; estimation, judgment; measure, expedient”)
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| meath
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mheath
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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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References
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 105
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “methaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “meth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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