méid

See also: meid

Irish

From Old Irish méit, mét (“greatness, magnitude, of size, quantity, number, extent, degree”).

méid m (genitive singular méid)

Declension of méid

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Although méid is masculine, an adjective that follows it is lenited, e.g. méid mhór (“a large amount”).

méid f (genitive singular méide, nominative plural méideanna)

Declension of méid

Second declension

Bare forms

méid m sg

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

"méid" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“méit, mét” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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