méadaigh
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish métaigid.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]méadaigh (present analytic méadaíonn, future analytic méadóidh, verbal noun méadú, past participle méadaithe)
- (transitive) to increase, enlarge, amplify, make bigger
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 193:
- Ní raibh aoinne cloinne age n-a muinntir ach í agus do mhéaduigh sin uirrim agus grádh na ndaoine don inghean óg so.
- Her parents had no children but her, and that increased the esteem and love of the people for this young girl.
- (intransitive) to increase, grow bigger
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of méadaigh (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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méadaigh | mhéadaigh | 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
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “métaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “méaduiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 472
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “méadaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN