Mí

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mi"

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish Mide.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʲiː/[2]

Proper noun

An Mhí f (genitive na Mí)

  1. Meath (a county of Ireland)

Declension

Declension of Mí (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Mí
vocative a Mhí
genitive Mí
dative Mí
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Mhí
genitive na Mí
dative leis an Mí
don Mhí

Synonyms

  • Contae na Mí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Mí
radical lenition eclipsis
Mí Mhí not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 Mide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 218

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “Mí”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 741; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Mí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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