meathlaigh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish methlaid (“to reap, consume, use”), from Old Irish meithel (“band of reapers”).

Verb

meathlaigh (present analytic meathlaíonn, future analytic meathlóidh, verbal noun meathlú, past participle meathlaithe)

decline, decay, fail, deteriorate, degenerate
grow weak, sicken
Synonym: galraigh

Conjugation

conjugation of meathlaigh (second conjugation)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	meathlú
past participle	meathlaithe
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative
present	meathlaím	meathlaíonn tú; meathlaír^†	meathlaíonn sé, sí	meathlaímid; meathlaíonn muid	meathlaíonn sibh	meathlaíonn siad; meathlaíd^†	a mheathlaíonn; a mheathlaíos / a meathlaíonn*	meathlaítear
past	mheathlaigh mé; mheathlaíos	mheathlaigh tú; mheathlaís	mheathlaigh sé, sí	mheathlaíomar; mheathlaigh muid	mheathlaigh sibh; mheathlaíobhair	mheathlaigh siad; mheathlaíodar	a mheathlaigh / ar mheathlaigh*	meathlaíodh
past habitual	mheathlaínn / meathlaínn‡‡	mheathlaíteá / meathlaíteá‡‡	mheathlaíodh sé, sí / meathlaíodh sé, sí‡‡	mheathlaímis; mheathlaíodh muid / meathlaímis‡‡; meathlaíodh muid‡‡	mheathlaíodh sibh / meathlaíodh sibh‡‡	mheathlaídís; mheathlaíodh siad / meathlaídís‡‡; meathlaíodh siad‡‡	a mheathlaíodh / a meathlaíodh*	mheathlaítí / meathlaítí‡‡
future	meathlóidh mé; meathlód; meathlóchaidh mé^†	meathlóidh tú; meathlóir^†; meathlóchaidh tú^†	meathlóidh sé, sí; meathlóchaidh sé, sí^†	meathlóimid; meathlóidh muid; meathlóchaimid^†; meathlóchaidh muid^†	meathlóidh sibh; meathlóchaidh sibh^†	meathlóidh siad; meathlóid^†; meathlóchaidh siad^†	a mheathlóidh; a mheathlós; a mheathlóchaidh^†; a mheathlóchas^† / a meathlóidh; a meathlóchaidh^†	meathlófar; meathlóchar^†
conditional	mheathlóinn; mheathlóchainn^† / meathlóinn‡‡; meathlóchainn^†‡‡	mheathlófá; mheathlóchthá^† / meathlófá‡‡; meathlóchthá^†‡‡	mheathlódh sé, sí; mheathlóchadh sé, sí^† / meathlódh sé, sí‡‡; meathlóchadh sé, sí^†‡‡	mheathlóimis; mheathlódh muid; mheathlóchaimis^†; mheathlóchadh muid^† / meathlóimis‡‡; meathlódh muid‡‡; meathlóchaimis^†‡‡; meathlóchadh muid^†‡‡	mheathlódh sibh; mheathlóchadh sibh^† / meathlódh sibh‡‡; meathlóchadh sibh^†‡‡	mheathlóidís; mheathlódh siad; mheathlóchadh siad^† / meathlóidís‡‡; meathlódh siad‡‡; meathlóchadh siad^†‡‡	a mheathlódh; a mheathlóchadh^† / a meathlódh; a meathlóchadh^†	mheathlófaí; mheathlóchthaí^† / meathlófaí‡‡; meathlóchthaí^†‡‡
subjunctive
present	go meathlaí mé; go meathlaíod^†	go meathlaí tú; go meathlaír^†	go meathlaí sé, sí	go meathlaímid; go meathlaí muid	go meathlaí sibh	go meathlaí siad; go meathlaíd^†	—	go meathlaítear
past	dá meathlaínn	dá meathlaíteá	dá meathlaíodh sé, sí	dá meathlaímis; dá meathlaíodh muid	dá meathlaíodh sibh	dá meathlaídís; dá meathlaíodh siad	—	dá meathlaítí
imperative
–	meathlaím	meathlaigh	meathlaíodh sé, sí	meathlaímis	meathlaígí; meathlaídh^†	meathlaídís	—	meathlaítear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of *meathlaigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
meathlaigh	mheathlaigh	not applicable

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