Medb

See also: medb

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *medwā, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Compare Middle Irish medb (“intoxicating”), from Proto-Celtic *medwos.

Pronunciation

  • (earlier, before ca. 1250) IPA(key): /mʲeðβ/
  • (later, after ca. 1250) IPA(key): /mʲɛɣβ/

Proper noun

Medb f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Maeve, born notably by the queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle
    • c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:
      Tancas o Ailill ocus o Meidb do chungid in chon.
      People were sent from Ailill and from Medb to ask for the dog.

Inflection

  • Genitive singular: Meidbe
  • Accusative/dative singular: Meidb

Descendants

  • Irish: Méabh, Meadhbh, Méadhbh (superseded), Méibh
    • → English: Maeve

Mutation

Mutation of Medb
radical lenition nasalization
Medb
also Mmedb after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		Medb
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.

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