meidhir
Irish
Alternative forms
- meadhar
Etymology
From Old Irish medar, from Proto-Celtic *medro-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to be wet”), see also Sanskrit मद (mada, “hilarity, excitement”).[1] The sense would presumably be related to drinking; however, compare Old English medu (“ale, mead”).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈmʲəirʲ/, [mʲëirʲ]
Declension
Declension of meidhir
Second declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| meidhir | mheidhir | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “meadhrach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
Further reading
- “meidhir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 medar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “meiḋir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 478
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “meidhir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 13
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