méit
See also: meit
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *mantī (“quantity”) (compare Welsh maint and possibly French maint if the latter is a loanword from Gaulish), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₁-nt-, from *meh₁- (“to measure”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʲeːdʲ/
Declension
| Feminine ī-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | méitL | — | — |
| Vocative | méitL | — | — |
| Accusative | méitN | — | — |
| Genitive | méiteH | — | — |
| Dative | méitL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| méit also mméit after a proclitic |
méit pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “méit, mét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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