móide
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
móide (predicative only)
- all the more
- Is móide mo bhród é.
- It makes me all the more proud.
- Is móide mo mheas air.
- My respect for him is all the more; he has risen in my esteem.
- Is móide do náire é.
- All the more shame to you.
Derived terms
- móide an trua (“more’s the pity”)
- ní móide (“hardly, it’s unlikely”)
Conjunction
móide
- plus (sum of the previous one and the following one)
- a deich móide a dó ― ten plus two
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “móide”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 74
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 55
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
móide
- genitive singular of móid
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| móide | mhóide | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.