mithid
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish mithid, alteration of Old Irish mithig.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mithid f (genitive singular mithide, nominative plural mithidí)
- 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[edit]
Declension of mithid
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Related terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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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[edit]
- “mithid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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