méith

See also: meith

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish méth (“plump, fat”),[2] from Proto-Celtic *mētos (whence Welsh mwyd (“soaking, moistening”)). The noun is a substantivization of the adjective.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mʲeː/[3]
  • Homophone: mé

Adjective

méith (genitive singular feminine méithe, plural méithe, comparative méithe)

  1. rich (having an intense fatty or sugary flavour)
  2. fat, corpulent, plump
    Synonym: ramhar
  3. rich (productive), fertile, fruitful (favorable to growth)
    Synonyms: borrúil, torthúil
  4. juicy (of meat)
  5. lush (dense, teeming with life), succulent
  6. mellow (soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp)

Declension
Declension of méith
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative méith mhéith méithe;
mhéithe²
Vocative mhéith méithe
Genitive méithe méithe méith
Dative méith;
mhéith¹		 mhéith méithe;
mhéithe²
Comparative níos méithe
Superlative is méithe

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms
  • méathras
  • méithe
  • méitheas

Noun

méith f (genitive singular méithe)

  1. fat (specialized animal tissue)
    Synonyms: saill, méathras

Declension
Declension of méith

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative méith
Vocative a mhéith
Genitive méithe
Dative méith

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an mhéith
Genitive na méithe
Dative leis an méith

don mhéith

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

References
  1. “méith”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “méth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 94, page 37

Further reading
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