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): /mʲeðv/
  • (later, after ca. 1250) IPA(key): /mʲɛɣv/

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; Méibh
    • → English: Maeve

Mutation
Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
MedbMedb
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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