Mide

See also: mide and midè

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Mide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (earlier) /ˈmʲiðʲə/, (later) /ˈmʲiɣʲə/

Proper noun

Mide m

1. Meath (a county of Ireland)

Inflection

• Genitive singular: Midi
• Dative singular: Midiu

Descendants

• → English: Meath
• Irish: An Mhí
• → Middle Welsh: Myði

Mutation

Mutation of Mide

radical	lenition	nasalization
Mide also Mmide after a proclitic ending in a vowel	Mide pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Mide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology

Likely related to Old Irish mide (“middle, centre”).

Attested in the Cáin Adomnáin, from c. 700.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmʲi.ðʲe/

Proper noun

Mide m (genitive Midi)

1. Meath (a county of Ireland)

Inflection

Masculine io-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Mide	—	—
vocative	Midi	—	—
accusative	MideN	—	—
genitive	MidiL	—	—
dative	MidiuL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: Mide
  • → English: Meath
  • Irish: An Mhí
  • → Middle Welsh: Myði

Mutation

Mutation of Mide

radical	lenition	nasalization
Mide also mMide in h-prothesis environments	Mide pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/	Mide also mMide

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Mide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language