meaits

Irish

Etymology

From English match.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲatʲʃ/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠɑtʲʃ/ (as if spelled maits)

Noun

meaits m (genitive singular meaits, nominative plural meaitseanna)

1. match (device to make fire)

   Synonyms: lasán, cipín

Declension

Declension of meaits (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative meaits meaitseanna vocative a mheaits a mheaitseanna genitive meaits meaitseanna dative meaits meaitseanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an meaits na meaitseanna genitive an mheaits na meaitseanna dative leis an meaits don mheaits leis na meaitseanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of meaits

radical	lenition	eclipsis
meaits	mheaits	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

• “meaits”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meaits”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN