méad

See also: mead, and Mead

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲeːd̪ˠ/

Noun

méad m (genitive singular méid)

1. amount (used only in phrases; see Derived terms)

Declension

Declension of méad

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative méad Vocative a mhéid Genitive méid Dative méad

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an méad Genitive an mhéid Dative leis an méad don mhéad

Derived terms

• ar a mhéad (“at the most”)
• ar mhéad (“so great”)
• cá mhéad, cé mhéad (“how much, how many”)
• dá mhéad (“however much, however many”)

Related terms

• méid

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
méad	mhéad	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) “méad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “méit, mét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language