Meitheamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mithem (“midsummer, June”), from Proto-Celtic *medyo-samīno- (compare Welsh Mehefin).

Pronunciation
  • (Munster, Galway) IPA(key): /ˈmʲɛhəvˠ/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈmʲɛhuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmʲɛhu/

Noun

Meitheamh m (genitive singular Meithimh, nominative plural Meithimh)

  1. June (sixth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  2. middle month

Declension
Declension of Meitheamh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Meitheamh Meithimh
Vocative a Mheithimh a Mheitheamha
Genitive Meithimh Meitheamh
Dative Meitheamh Meithimh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Meitheamh na Meithimh
Genitive an Mheithimh na Meitheamh
Dative leis an Meitheamh

don Mheitheamh

 leis na Meithimh

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

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