Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish maithes.
Pronunciation
Noun
maitheas f or m (genitive singular maitheasa, nominative plural maitheasaí)
- goodness, good
- good thing, kindness, gift
Declension
Declension of maitheas (third declension)
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of maitheas
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lenition
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eclipsis
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mhaitheas
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not applicable
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maitheas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “maithes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “maitheas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “maitheas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025