méid

See also: meid

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish méit (“size”),[3] from Proto-Celtic *mantī. Doublet of méad.

Noun

méid m (genitive singular méid)

  1. amount, quantity, extent, degree, number
  2. used as antecedent: what (with article)
    Sin an méid a chosain sé. ― That's what it costs.
Usage notes

Although méid is masculine, an adjective that follows it is lenited, e.g. méid mhór (“a large amount”).

Declension
Declension of méid

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative méid
Vocative a mhéid
Genitive méid
Dative méid

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an méid
Genitive an mhéid
Dative leis an méid

don mhéid

Derived terms
  • cén méid (“how much, how many”)
  • an méid seo (“this much, this many”)

Noun

méid f (genitive singular méide, nominative plural méideanna)

  1. size, magnitude
Declension
Declension of méid

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative méid méideanna
Vocative a mhéid a mhéideanna
Genitive méide méideanna
Dative méid méideanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mhéid na méideanna
Genitive na méide na méideanna
Dative leis an méid

don mhéid

 leis na méideanna
Derived terms
  • cén mhéid (“what size”)
  • ainmhéid f (“hugeness, overgrowth”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

méid m sg

  1. genitive singular of méad

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

References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 73
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 96
  3. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “méit, mét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading
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