maith

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Irish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Irish maith, from Proto-Celtic *matis, from possible Proto-Indo-European *mē-. Cognate with Welsh mad, Breton mad, Cornish mas. Compare Scottish Gaelic math and Manx Gaelic 'mie'.

Adjective [edit]

maith (comparative/superlative fearr)

  1. good

Declension [edit]

Derived terms [edit]

Noun [edit]

maith f

  1. good, goodness

Declension [edit]

Verb [edit]

maith (present analytic maitheann, future analytic maithfidh, verbal noun maitheamh, past participle maite)

  1. to forgive, pardon

Inflection [edit]

Mutation [edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
maith mhaith unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic [edit]

Verb [edit]

maith (present participle mathadh)

  1. Alternative form of math.

Noun [edit]

maith m

  1. genitive singular form of math