mithid

Irish

Alternative forms

• mithe
• mithidh, mithigh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish mithid, alteration of Old Irish mithig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɪhədʲ/

Noun

mithid f (genitive singular mithide, nominative plural mithidí)

1. due time, high time, about time

   Is mithid dom imeacht.

   It’s time for me to leave.

   Is mithid liom imeacht.

   I think it’s time to leave.

Declension

Declension of mithid

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative mithid mithidí Vocative a mhithid a mhithidí Genitive mithide mithidí Dative mithid mithidí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhithid na mithidí Genitive na mithide na mithidí Dative leis an mithid don mhithid leis na mithidí

Related terms

• mitheas

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “mithid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mithig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “miṫid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 491
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mithid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 67
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50