Medb

See also: medb

Middle Irish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (earlier) /mʲeðβ/, (later) /mʲeɣβ/

Proper noun

Medb f

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

Inflection

• Genitive singular: Meidbe
• Accusative/dative singular: Meidb

Quotations

• 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.

Descendants

• Irish: Méabh, Meadhbh, Méadhbh (superseded), Méibh
  • → English: Maeve

Mutation

Mutation of Medb

radical	lenition	nasalization
Medb also Mmedb after a proclitic ending in a vowel	Medb pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.