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• Meadhbh, Méadhbh (superseded)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)

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

Declension

Declension of Méabh

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Méabh	Mhéabh	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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