meadhg

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish medc, from Proto-Celtic *mezgos.

Pronunciation

Noun

meadhg m (genitive singular meidhg) or
meadhg f (genitive singular meidhge)

  1. whey
    Ansan do thughadh sí an gruth do Labhrás agus d’óladh sí féin an meadhg.
    Then she would give the curds to Laurence and drink the whey herself.
  2. serum

Declension

As a masculine noun:

Declension of meadhg

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative meadhg
Vocative a mheidhg
Genitive meidhg
Dative meadhg

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an meadhg
Genitive an mheidhg
Dative leis an meadhg

don mheadhg

As a feminine noun:

Declension of meadhg

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative meadhg
Vocative a mheadhg
Genitive meidhge
Dative meadhg
meidhg (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an mheadhg
Genitive na meidhge
Dative leis an meadhg
leis an meidhg (archaic, dialectal)

don mheadhg
don mheidhg (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms
  • meadhgúil

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

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 157, page 61

Further reading
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