maí
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mai"
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maiː/
- Rhymes: -aiː
Noun
maí m (invariable)
- May deriv. syn.
Usage notes
The genitive form maís was also current in the 19th century, but is now obsolete.
Synonyms
- (May): def. deriv. maímánuður
Derived terms
(May): def. syn. derived terms
- maíblíða
- maíblóm
- maíbyrjun
- maídagur
- maíepli
- maígull
- maíhret
- maíklukka
- maíkvöld
- maílok
- maímánaðarbyrjun
- maímánuður
- maímorgunn
- maínótt
- maírófa
See also
Icelandic month names
| Icelandic months (appendix, Icelandic Wikipedia) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| janúar, -mánuður | febrúar, -mánuður | mars, -mánuður | apríl, -mánuður | maí, -mánuður | júní, -mánuður | júlí, -mánuður | ágúst, -mánuður | september, -mánuður | október, -mánuður | nóvember, -mánuður | desember, -mánuður |
| Icelandic Historic Months (Icelandic Wikipedia) | |||||||||||
| þorri (Jan 13 - Feb 11) | góa (Feb 13 - 13 March) | einmánuður (March 14 - April 13) | harpa (April 14 - May 13) | skerpla (May 14 - June 12) | sólmánuður (June 13 - July 12) | heyannir (July 13 - August 14) | tvímánuður (August 15 - Sept 14) | haustmánuður (Sept 15 - Oct 13) | gormánuður (Oct 14 - Nov 13) | ýlir (Nov 14 - Dec 13) | mörsugur (Dec 14 - Jan 12) |
Irish
Alternative forms
- maoidhe (obsolete)
Verb
maí
- present subjunctive analytic of maígh
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| maí | mhaí | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||