miadh

See also: mì-àdh and mí-ádh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish míad (“honour, dignity, elevation; rank, status”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mʲiə/

Noun

miadh m (genitive singular miadha)

  1. (literary) honor, dignity, distinction

Declension
Declension of miadh

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative miadh
Vocative a mhiadh
Genitive miadha
Dative miadh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an miadh
Genitive an mhiadha
Dative leis an miadh

don mhiadh

Derived terms
  • miadhach (“honourable, distinguished”, adjective)
  • miadhaigh (“honour, dignify”, verb)

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

Further reading
  • “míad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • "miadh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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