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Meath
meath
meath
Irish
Verb
meath (present analytic meathann, future analytic meathfaidh, verbal noun meath, past participle meata)
- (intransitive) decline, decay, fail, deteriorate
- (transitive) waste, fritter away
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | meathaim | meathann tú; meathair† |
meathann sé, sí | meathaimid | meathann sibh | meathann siad; meathaid† |
a mheathann; a mheathas / a meathann*; a meathas* |
meatar |
| past | mheath mé; mheathas | mheath tú; mheathais | mheath sé, sí | mheathamar; mheath muid | mheath sibh; mheathabhair | mheath siad; mheathadar | a mheath / ar mheath* |
meathadh | |
| past habitual | mheathainn | mheatá | mheathadh sé, sí | mheathaimis; mheathadh muid | mheathadh sibh | mheathaidís; mheathadh siad | a mheathadh / ar mheathadh* |
mheataí | |
| future | meathfaidh mé; meathfad |
meathfaidh tú; meathfair† |
meathfaidh sé, sí | meathfaimid; meathfaidh muid |
meathfaidh sibh | meathfaidh siad; meathfaid† |
a mheathfaidh; a mheathfas / a meathfaidh*; a meathfas* |
meathfar | |
| conditional | mheathfainn | mheathfá | mheathfadh sé, sí | mheathfaimis; mheathfadh muid | mheathfadh sibh | mheathfaidís; mheathfadh siad | a mheathfadh / ar mheathfadh* |
mheathfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go meatha mé; go meathad† |
go meatha tú; go meathair† |
go meatha sé, sí | go meathaimid; go meatha muid |
go meatha sibh | go meatha siad; go meathaid† |
— | go meatar |
| past | dá meathainn | dá meatá | dá meathadh sé, sí | dá meathaimis; dá meathadh muid |
dá meathadh sibh | dá meathaidís; dá meathadh siad |
— | dá meataí | |
| imperative | meathaim | meath | meathadh sé, sí | meathaimis | meathaigí; meathaidh† |
meathaidís | — | meatar | |
| verbal noun | meath | ||||||||
| past participle | meata | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Etymology 2
From Old Irish meth (“decay, blight, wasting, failure; (moral) feebleness, degeneracy; failure (to fulfil an obligation)”).
Noun
meath m (genitive singular meatha)
Declension
Declension of meath
Third declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
- (decline, decay, failure): meathlú
Derived terms
Terms derived from meath
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Etymology 2
Noun
meath m (genitive singular meath)
- Alternative form of meá (“balance, scales; weight, measure; equivalent; equal, match; estimation, judgment; measure, expedient”)
Declension
Declension of meath
Fourth declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| meath | mheath | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "meath" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “methaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “meth” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.