Méabh

Irish

Alternative forms

• Meadhbh, Méadhbh (superseded)
• Méibh

Etymology

From Middle Irish Medb, from Proto-Celtic *medwā, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Compare Middle Irish medb (“intoxicating”), from Proto-Celtic *medwos.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mʲeːvˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /mʲeːw/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /mʲeːwə/, [mʲɛə̯wə] (as if spelled Méabha)

Proper noun

Méabh f (genitive Méibhe or Méabha)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Maeve
2. queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle

Declension

Declension of Méabh (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Méabh vocative a Mhéabh genitive Méibhe dative Méabh Méibh (archaic, dialectal) forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Mhéabh genitive na Méibhe dative leis an Méabh leis an Méibh (archaic, dialectal) don Mhéabh don Mhéibh (archaic, dialectal)

• Alternative genitive forms: Méabha, Meábha

Derived terms

• Méibhín

Descendants

• → English: Maeve

Mutation

Mutated forms of Méabh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Méabh	Mhéabh	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Meaḋḃ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 472
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Meaḋḃ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 135