meath
- Obsolete form ofmead(“the drink”).
FromOld Irishmethaid(“to degenerate”).[2]
meath (present analyticmeathann,future analyticmeathfaidh,verbal nounmeath,past participlemeata)
- (intransitive)decline,decay,fail,deteriorate
- (transitive)waste,fritter away
| verbal noun | meath |
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| past participle | meata |
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| tense | singular | plural | relative | autonomous |
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| first | second | third | first | second | third |
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| indicative |
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| present | meathaim | meathann tú;
meathair† | meathann sé, sí | meathaimid | meathann sibh | meathann siad;
meathaid† | amheathann; amheathas /
ameathann* | meatar |
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| past | mheath mé;mheathas | mheath tú;mheathais | mheath sé, sí | mheathamar;mheath muid | mheath sibh;mheathabhair | mheath siad;mheathadar | amheath /
armheath* | meathadh |
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| past habitual | mheathainn /meathainn‡‡ | mheatá /meatᇇ | mheathadh sé, sí /meathadh sé, s퇇 | mheathaimis;mheathadh muid /meathaimis‡‡;meathadh muid‡‡ | mheathadh sibh /meathadh sibh‡‡ | mheathaidís;mheathadh siad /meathaidís‡‡;meathadh siad‡‡ | amheathadh /
ameathadh* | mheataí /meata퇇 |
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| future | meathfaidh mé;
meathfad | meathfaidh tú;
meathfair† | meathfaidh sé, sí | meathfaimid;
meathfaidh muid | meathfaidh sibh | meathfaidh siad;
meathfaid† | amheathfaidh; amheathfas /
ameathfaidh* | meathfar |
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| conditional | mheathfainn /meathfainn‡‡ | mheathfá /meathfᇇ | mheathfadh sé, sí /meathfadh sé, s퇇 | mheathfaimis;mheathfadh muid /meathfaimis‡‡;meathfadh muid‡‡ | mheathfadh sibh /meathfadh sibh‡‡ | mheathfaidís;mheathfadh siad /meathfaidís‡‡;meathfadh siad‡‡ | amheathfadh /
ameathfadh* | mheathfaí /meathfa퇇 |
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| subjunctive |
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| present | gomeatha mé;
gomeathad† | gomeatha tú;
gomeathair† | gomeatha sé, sí | gomeathaimid;
gomeatha muid | gomeatha sibh | gomeatha siad;
gomeathaid† | — | gomeatar |
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| past | dámeathainn | dámeatá | dámeathadh sé, sí | dámeathaimis;
dámeathadh muid | dámeathadh sibh | dámeathaidís;
dámeathadh siad | — | dámeataí |
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| imperative |
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| – | meathaim | meath | meathadh sé, sí | meathaimis | meathaigí;
meathaidh† | meathaidís | — | meatar |
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that triggereclipsis
FromOld Irishmeth(“decay”).[3]
meath m (genitive singularmeatha)
- verbal noun ofmeath
- decline,decay,decadence;failure
meath m (genitive singularmeath)
- Alternative form ofmeá(“balance, scales; weight, measure; equivalent; equal, match; estimation, judgment; measure, expedient”)
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- ^Quiggin, E. C. (1906)A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page105
- ^Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “methaid”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “meth”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
