maitheamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish maithem. By surface analysis, maith +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠahəvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠahuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠahu/

Noun

maitheamh m (genitive singular as substantive maithimh, genitive as verbal noun maite)

1. verbal noun of maith
2. forgiveness
3. remission (of a debt)

Declension

As verbal noun

Declension of maitheamh (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative maitheamh vocative a mhaitheamh genitive maite dative maitheamh forms with the definite article case singular nominative an maitheamh genitive an mhaite dative leis an maitheamh don mhaitheamh

As substantive

Declension of maitheamh (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative maitheamh vocative a mhaithimh genitive maithimh dative maitheamh forms with the definite article case singular nominative an maitheamh genitive an mhaithimh dative leis an maitheamh don mhaitheamh

Mutation

Mutated forms of maitheamh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
maitheamh	mhaitheamh	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maitheamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “maithem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “maitheamh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “maitheamh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 65
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50