meath
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish methaid (“degenerates, declines, fails, is blighted; fails, comes short; blights, causes to decay; enfeebles, intimidates”).
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)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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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 / meathainn‡‡ | mheatá / meatᇇ | mheathadh sé, sí / meathadh sé, s퇇 | mheathaimis; mheathadh muid / meathaimis‡‡; meathadh muid‡‡ | mheathadh sibh / meathadh sibh‡‡ | mheathaidís; mheathadh siad / meathaidís‡‡; meathadh siad‡‡ | a mheathadh / a meathadh* |
mheataí / meata퇇 | |
| 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 / meathfainn‡‡ | mheathfá / meathfᇇ | mheathfadh sé, sí / meathfadh sé, s퇇 | mheathfaimis; mheathfadh muid / meathfaimis‡‡; meathfadh muid‡‡ | mheathfadh sibh / meathfadh sibh‡‡ | mheathfaidís; mheathfadh siad / meathfaidís‡‡; meathfadh siad‡‡ | a mheathfadh / a meathfadh* |
mheathfaí / meathfa퇇 | |
| 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
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Etymology 2
From Old Irish meth (“decay, blight, wasting, failure; (moral) feebleness, degeneracy; failure (to fulfil an obligation)”).
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
- aghaidh mheata (“pale, thin, face”)
- croí meata (“faint, craven, heart”)
- gníomh meata (“cowardly, dastardly, deed”)
- meath na seanaoise (“senile decay”)
- meath uirbeach (“urban blight”)
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| meath | mheath | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “meath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “methaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “meth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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