Méabh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Méabh f (genitive Méibhe)

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Maeve
  2. queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle

Declension
Declension of Méabh

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative Méabh
Vocative a Mhéabh
Genitive Méibhe
Dative Méabh
Méibh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an Mhéabh
Genitive na Méibhe
Dative leis an Méabh
leis an Méibh (archaic, dialectal)

don Mhéabh
don Mhéibh (archaic, dialectal)

  • Alternative genitive forms: Méabha, Meábha

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: Maeve

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Méabh Mhéabh not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 52

Further reading
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