maitheas

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish maithes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mˠahəsˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /mˠaːsˠ/

Noun

maitheas f or m (genitive singular maitheasa, nominative plural maitheasaí)

1. goodness, good
2. good thing, kindness, gift

Declension

Declension of maitheas (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative maitheas maitheasaí vocative a mhaitheas a mhaitheasaí genitive maitheasa maitheasaí dative maitheas maitheasaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mhaitheas na maitheasaí genitive na maitheasa na maitheasaí dative leis an maitheas don mhaitheas leis na maitheasaí

Derived terms

• mórmhaitheas

Mutation

Mutated forms of maitheas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
maitheas	mhaitheas	not applicable

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, 2013-2024