mithid

Irish

Alternative forms

  • mithe
  • mithidh, mithigh (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish mithid, alteration of Old Irish mithig.[2] The final /d/ of the modern form may be due to assimilation to the following preposition do.[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

mithid f (genitive singular mithide, nominative plural mithidí)

  1. due time, high time, about time
    Is mithid dom imeacht.
    It’s time for me to leave.
    Is mithid liom imeacht.
    I think it’s time to leave.

Declension

Declension of mithid (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative mithid mithidí
vocative a mhithid a mhithidí
genitive mithide mithidí
dative mithid mithidí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an mhithid na mithidí
genitive na mithide na mithidí
dative leis an mithid
don mhithid 		leis na mithidí

Mutation

Mutated forms of mithid
radical lenition eclipsis
mithid mhithid 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. ^ “mithid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mithig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 405, page 134
  4. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 90, page 50
  5. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 392, page 155
  6. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 175, page 67

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