míad

Old Irish

Etymology

According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey- (“to be glad”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mʲiːa̯ð/

Noun

míad n or m

honour, dignity, elevation
rank, status (of an individual)
elevation of mind, pride
vainglory

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	míad^N	míad^N	míad^L, míada
vocative	míad^N	míad^N	míad^L, míada
accusative	míad^N	míad^N	míad^L, míada
genitive	méid^L	míad	míad^N
dative	míad^L	míadaib	míadaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	míad	míad^L	méid^L
vocative	méid	míad^L	míadu^H
accusative	míad^N	míad^L	míadu^H
genitive	méid^L	míad	míad^N
dative	míad^L	míadaib	míadaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

míadach
míadaige
míadaigid
míadamail
míadlicht

Descendants

Irish: miadh

Mutation

Mutation of *míad*
radical	lenition	nasalization
míad also mmíad in h-prothesis environments	míad pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/	míad also mmíad

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

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “967-68”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 967-68

Further reading

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