miadh

See also: mì-àdh and mí-ádh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish míad (“honour, dignity, elevation; rank, status”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʲiə/

Noun

miadh m (genitive singular miadha)

  1. (literary) honor, dignity, distinction

Declension

Declension of miadh (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative miadh
vocative a mhiadh
genitive miadha
dative miadh
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an miadh
genitive an mhiadha
dative leis an miadh
don mhiadh

Derived terms

  • miadhach (“honourable, distinguished”, adjective)
  • miadhaigh (“honour, dignify”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of miadh
radical lenition eclipsis
miadh mhiadh not applicable

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

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