Irish
Etymology
mí- (“ill, negative”) + ádh (“luck”)
Pronunciation
Noun
mí-ádh m (genitive singular mí-áidh or mí-ádha)
- ill luck, bad luck, misfortune
Declension
Declension of mí-ádh (first declension, no plural)
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Alternative declension:
Declension of mí-ádh (third declension, no plural)
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Descendants
Mutation
Mutated forms of mí-ádh
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lenition
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eclipsis
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mhí-ádh
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not applicable
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ “mí-ádh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 330, page 69
- ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 179, page 35
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 483, page 154
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “mí-áḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 738; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mí-ádh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
