Meadhbh

Meadhbh

Irish

Alternative forms

• Méabh

Etymology

From Middle Irish Medb, from Proto-Celtic *medwā, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Compare Middle Irish medb (“intoxicating”), from Proto-Celtic *medwos.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mʲeːvˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /mʲeːw/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /mʲeːwə/, [mʲɛə̯wə][1]

Proper noun

Meadhbh f (genitive Mheidhbhe)

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Maeve

Declension

Declension of Meadhbh

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Meadhbh Vocative a Mheadhbh Genitive Meidhbhe Dative Meadhbh Meidhbh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Mheadhbh Genitive na Meidhbhe Dative leis an Meadhbh leis an Meidhbh (archaic, dialectal) don Mheadhbh don Mheidhbh (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

• Meidhbhín

Descendants

• → English: Maeve

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Meadhbh	Mheadhbh	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Corráin, Donnchadh; Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 135

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 52