meaits

Irish

Etymology

From English match.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʲatʲʃ/
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /mˠɑtʲʃ/[1] (as if spelled maits)

Noun

meaits m (genitive singular meaits, nominative plural meaitseanna)

  1. match (device to make fire)
    Synonyms: lasán, cipín

Declension

Declension of meaits (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative meaits meaitseanna
vocative a mheaits a mheaitseanna
genitive meaits meaitseanna
dative meaits meaitseanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an meaits na meaitseanna
genitive an mheaits na meaitseanna
dative leis an meaits
don mheaits 		leis na meaitseanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of meaits
radical lenition eclipsis
meaits mheaits 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. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 91, page 50

Further reading

  • “meaits”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meaits”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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