Mide

See also: mide and midè

Middle Irish

Etymology

Likely from Old Irish mide (“middle, centre”).

Pronunciation

(earlier) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲiðʲə/
(later) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲiɣʲə/

Proper noun

Mide m

Meath (a province of Ireland)

Inflection

Genitive singular: Midi
Dative singular: Midiu

Descendants

Irish: An Mhí
→ Middle Welsh: Myddi

Mutation

Mutation of *Mide*
radical	lenition	nasalization
Mide also Mmide after a proclitic ending in a vowel	Mide pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Mide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language