mey

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mey.

Pronunciation

Noun

mey f (genitive singular meyjar, nominative plural meyjar)

  1. maiden
  2. virgin

Declension

declension of mey
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mey meyin meyjar meyjarnar
accusative mey meyna meyjar meyjarnar
dative mey meynni meyjum meyjunum
genitive meyjar meyjarinnar meyja meyjanna

Synonyms

Derived terms

Old Norse

Noun

mey f (genitive meyjar, dative meyju, plural meyjar)

  1. Alternative form of mær

Declension

  Declension of mey (strong jō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mær, mey mærin, meyin meyjar meyjarnar
accusative mey meyna meyjar meyjarnar
dative mey, meyju meynni, meyjunni meyjum meyjunum
genitive meyjar meyjarinnar meyja meyjanna

Pipil

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *maː(y)(V)-. Compare Classical Nahuatl māitl (“hand”). Cognate with Yaqui mamam, Hopi maa('at), Shoshone mo', and Cahuilla -mal.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /mej/, /meːj/

Noun

-mēy (plural -mejmēy)

  1. hand (including hand and forearm)
    Tay tikpia tik mumey?
    What do you have in your hand?
  2. branch
    Nemi se tutut pak ne imey uni kwawit
    There is a bird on that tree's branch
  3. handle
    Shikwi yek ne imey ne metat pal titisi
    Hold the metate's handle well so you can grind

Synonyms

Related terms

  • mā- (combining form)

Scots

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

mey (plural meys)

  1. hawthorn flower

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Verb

mey (past tense micht)

  1. may
Usage notes

Generally replaced by can

Yola

Verb

mey

  1. Alternative form of mye
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 86:
      Nore zichel ne'er well, nowe, nore ne'er mey.
      Nor such never will, no (now), nor never may.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 86
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