Meisias

Irish

Etymology

From Latin Messias, from Koine Greek Μεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās), from Aramaic משיחא (məšīḥā), from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ, “anointed”).

Proper noun

Meisias m (genitive Meisias)

1. (Christianity, Judaism) Messiah

   Synonym: An tUngthach

Declension

Declension of Meisias (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative Meisias vocative a Mheisias genitive Meisias dative Meisias forms with the definite article singular nominative an Meisias genitive an Mheisias dative leis an Meisias don Mheisias

Derived terms

• Meisias Árónach (“Aaronic Messiah”)
• Meisias Dáivíoch (“Davidic Messiah”)
• Meisias Sagartúil (“Priestly Messiah”)
• meisiasach (“messianic”, adjective)
• meisiasacht f (“messianism”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Meisias

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Meisias	Mheisias	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Meisias”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Meisias”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Meisias”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025