maíomh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish moídem.[2] By surface analysis, maígh +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

Noun

maíomh m (genitive singular as substantive maímh, genitive as verbal noun maíte)

  1. boast
  2. claim, assertion
  3. verbal noun of maígh

Declension

As substantive:

Declension of maíomh (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative maíomh
vocative a mhaímh
genitive maímh
dative maíomh
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an maíomh
genitive an mhaímh
dative leis an maíomh
don mhaíomh

As verbal noun:

Declension of maíomh (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative maíomh
vocative a mhaíomh
genitive maíte
dative maíomh
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an maíomh
genitive an mhaíte
dative leis an maíomh
don mhaíomh
  • maíteach (“boastful”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of maíomh
radical lenition eclipsis
maíomh mhaíomh 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. ^ “maíomh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “moídem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 326, page 113

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