meaits
Irish
Etymology
From English match.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʲatʲʃ/
Noun
meaits m (genitive singular meaits, nominative plural meaitseanna)
- match (device to make fire)
- Synonyms: lasán, cipín
Declension
Declension of meaits
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
meaits | mheaits | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “meaits”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “meaits”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50