maitheamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish maithem. By surface analysis, maith +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠahəvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠahuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠahu/

Noun

maitheamh m (genitive singular as substantive maithimh, genitive as verbal noun maite)

1. verbal noun of maith
2. forgiveness
3. remission (of a debt)

Declension

As verbal noun

Declension of maitheamh

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative maitheamh Vocative a mhaitheamh Genitive maite Dative maitheamh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an maitheamh Genitive an mhaite Dative leis an maitheamh don mhaitheamh

As substantive

Declension of maitheamh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative maitheamh Vocative a mhaithimh Genitive maithimh Dative maitheamh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an maitheamh Genitive an mhaithimh Dative leis an maitheamh don mhaitheamh

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maitheamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “maithem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “maitheamh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “maitheamh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 65
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50