Meitheamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mithem (“midsummer, June”), from Proto-Celtic *medyo-samīno- (compare Welsh Mehefin).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɛhəvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɛhuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɛhu/

Noun

Meitheamh m (genitive singular Meithimh, nominative plural Meithimh)

1. June (sixth month of the Gregorian calendar)
2. middle month

Declension

Declension of Meitheamh (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Meitheamh Meithimh vocative a Mheithimh a Mheitheamha genitive Meithimh Meitheamh dative Meitheamh Meithimh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Meitheamh na Meithimh genitive an Mheithimh na Meitheamh dative leis an Meitheamh don Mheitheamh leis na Meithimh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Meitheamh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Meitheamh	Mheitheamh	not applicable

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

See also

Gregorian calendar monthsedit

• Eanáir
• Feabhra
• Márta
• Aibreán
• Bealtaine
• Meitheamh
• Iúil
• Lúnasa
• Meán Fómhair
• Deireadh Fómhair
• Samhain
• Mí na Nollag

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Meitheamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mithem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language