Meitheamh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish mithem (“midsummer, June”), from Proto-Celtic *medyosamonyos (compare Welsh Mehefin , Cornish Metheven, Breton Mezheven).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲehəvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲehuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲehu/

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 singular plural nominative Meitheamh Meithimh vocative a Mheithimh a Mheitheamha genitive Meithimh Meitheamh dative Meitheamh Meithimh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an Meitheamh na Meithimh genitive an Mheithimh na Meitheamh dative leis an Meitheamh don Mheitheamh leis na Meithimh

See also

Gregorian calendar monthsedit

• Eanáir
• Feabhra
• Márta
• Aibreán
• Bealtaine
• Meitheamh
• Iúil
• Lúnasa
• Meán Fómhair
• Deireadh Fómhair
• Samhain
• Mí na Nollag

Mutation

Mutated forms of Meitheamh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Meitheamh	Mheitheamh	not applicable

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

Further reading

• A. Palandri, Ú. Bhreathnach, M. Měchura, G. Ó Cleircín, and B. Ó Raghallaigh, (2026), “Meitheamh”, in Taisce Chanúintí na Gaeilge - Repository of Irish Dialects‎^[1] (in Irish and English), Dublin City University
• “Meitheamh”, in Foclóir Nua Gaeilge [New Irish Dictionary] (in Irish), Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “Meiṫeaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 737; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Meitheamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN