míad

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲiːa̯ð/

Noun

míad n or m

1. honour, dignity, elevation
2. rank, status (of an individual)
3. elevation of mind, pride
4. vainglory

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• míadach
• míadaige
• míadaigid
• míadamail
• míadlicht

Descendants

• Irish: miadh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
míad also mmíad after a proclitic ending in a vowel	míad pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “míad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language