Meadhbh

Irish

Alternative forms
  • Méabh

Etymology

From Middle Irish Medb, from Proto-Celtic *medwā, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Compare Middle Irish medb (“intoxicating”), from Proto-Celtic *medwos.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Meadhbh f (genitive Mheidhbhe)

  1. A female given name, equivalent to English Maeve

Declension
Declension of Meadhbh

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative Meadhbh
Vocative a Mheadhbh
Genitive Meidhbhe
Dative Meadhbh
Meidhbh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an Mheadhbh
Genitive na Meidhbhe
Dative leis an Meadhbh
leis an Meidhbh (archaic, dialectal)

don Mheadhbh
don Mheidhbh (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: Maeve

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Meadhbh Mheadhbh not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Corráin, Donnchadh; Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 135

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 52
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