"Medb" meaning in Middle Irish

See Medb in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /mʲeðβ/ (note: earlier, before ca. 1250), /mʲɛɣβ/ (note: later, after ca. 1250) Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Medb [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *medwā, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Compare Middle Irish medb (“intoxicating”), from Proto-Celtic *medwos. Etymology templates: {{inh|mga|cel-pro|*medwā}} Proto-Celtic *medwā, {{der|mga|ine-pro|*médʰu}} Proto-Indo-European *médʰu, {{cog|mga|medb|t=intoxicating}} Middle Irish medb (“intoxicating”), {{der|mga|cel-pro|*medwos}} Proto-Celtic *medwos Head templates: {{head|mga|proper noun|g=f}} Medb f
  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Maeve, born notably by the queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle Wikipedia link: en:Medb Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Middle Irish female given names, Middle Irish given names, Irish mythology, Women
    Sense id: en-Medb-mga-name-afvGHLN~ Categories (other): Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "Méabh"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: Méabh, Meadhbh, Méadhbh (superseded), Méibh\n→ English: Maeve",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: Méabh, Meadhbh, Méadhbh (superseded), Méibh\n→ English: Maeve"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*medwā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *medwā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*médʰu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *médʰu",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "medb",
        "t": "intoxicating"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish medb (“intoxicating”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*medwos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *medwos",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *medwā, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Compare Middle Irish medb (“intoxicating”), from Proto-Celtic *medwos.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "C",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Medb",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Medb f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Irish",
  "lang_code": "mga",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Middle Irish female given names",
          "parents": [
            "Female given names",
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Middle Irish given names",
          "parents": [
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "mga",
          "name": "Irish mythology",
          "orig": "mga:Irish mythology",
          "parents": [
            "Celtic mythology",
            "Ireland",
            "Mythology",
            "British Isles",
            "Europe",
            "Culture",
            "Islands",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Society",
            "Places",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Names",
            "Fundamental",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "mga",
          "name": "Women",
          "orig": "mga:Women",
          "parents": [
            "Female",
            "Female people",
            "Feminism",
            "Gender",
            "People",
            "Ideologies",
            "Society",
            "Sociology",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Human",
            "Politics",
            "All topics",
            "Social sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "People were sent from Ailill and from Medb to ask for the dog.",
          "ref": "c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:",
          "text": "Tancas o Ailill ocus o Meidb do chungid in chon.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female given name, equivalent to English Maeve, born notably by the queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle"
      ],
      "id": "en-Medb-mga-name-afvGHLN~",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Maeve",
          "Maeve#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "en:Medb"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mʲeðβ/",
      "note": "earlier, before ca. 1250"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mʲɛɣβ/",
      "note": "later, after ca. 1250"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Medb"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "Méabh"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: Méabh, Meadhbh, Méadhbh (superseded), Méibh\n→ English: Maeve",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: Méabh, Meadhbh, Méadhbh (superseded), Méibh\n→ English: Maeve"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*medwā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *medwā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*médʰu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *médʰu",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "medb",
        "t": "intoxicating"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish medb (“intoxicating”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*medwos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *medwos",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *medwā, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Compare Middle Irish medb (“intoxicating”), from Proto-Celtic *medwos.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "C",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Medb",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Medb f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Irish",
  "lang_code": "mga",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle Irish female given names",
        "Middle Irish feminine nouns",
        "Middle Irish given names",
        "Middle Irish lemmas",
        "Middle Irish proper nouns",
        "Middle Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Middle Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Middle Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Middle Irish terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "mga:Irish mythology",
        "mga:Women"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "People were sent from Ailill and from Medb to ask for the dog.",
          "ref": "c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:",
          "text": "Tancas o Ailill ocus o Meidb do chungid in chon.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female given name, equivalent to English Maeve, born notably by the queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Maeve",
          "Maeve#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "en:Medb"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mʲeðβ/",
      "note": "earlier, before ca. 1250"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mʲɛɣβ/",
      "note": "later, after ca. 1250"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Medb"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Medb meaning in Middle Irish (2.5kB)

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