maoth
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish máeth, móeth (“soft, tender, yielding”), from Old Irish moíth,[2] from Proto-Celtic *moytos (“tender”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁- (“mild, soft”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
maoth (genitive singular masculine maoith, genitive singular feminine maoithe, plural maotha, comparative maoithe)
Declension
Declension of maoth
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| maoth | mhaoth | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “maeth, moeth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 172, page 65
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maoth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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