méad

See also: mead and Mead

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish méit, mét (“magnitude”).[1] Doublet of méid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʲeːd̪ˠ/

Noun

méad m (genitive singular méid)

  1. amount (used only in phrases; see Derived terms)

Declension

Declension of méad (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative méad
vocative a mhéid
genitive méid
dative méad
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an méad
genitive an mhéid
dative leis an méad
don mhéad

Derived terms

  • ar a mhéad (“at the most”)
  • ar mhéad (“so great”)
  • cá mhéad (“how much, how many”)
  • cé mhéad (“how much, how many”)
  • dá mhéad (“however much, however many”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of méad
radical lenition eclipsis
méad mhéad 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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “méit, mét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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