méad
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish méit, mét (“magnitude”).[1] Doublet of méid.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]méad m (genitive singular méid)
- amount (used only in phrases; see Derived terms)
Declension
[edit]Declension of méad
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- ar a mhéad (“at the most”)
- ar mhéad (“so great”)
- cá mhéad (“how much, how many”)
- cé mhéad (“how much, how many”)
- dá mhéad (“however much, however many”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| méad | mhéad | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “méit, mét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “méad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN