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go_maith

maith

Irish

Adjective

maith (genitive singular masculine maith, genitive singular feminine maithe, plural maithe, comparative fearr)

  1. good

Usage notes

Takes the adverbial construction go maith when used predicatively after a form of :

  • Tá an anraith seo go maith. ― This soup is good.

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

maith f (genitive singular maithe, nominative plural maithe)

  1. good, goodness

Declension

Verb

maith (present analytic maitheann, future analytic maithfidh, verbal noun maitheamh, past participle maite)

  1. forgive, pardon

Inflection

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
maith mhaith unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "maith" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • maith” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Verb

maith (past mhaith, future maithidh, verbal noun mathadh, past participle maithte)

  1. Alternative form of math

Noun

maith m

  1. genitive singular of math