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maoth.

soft, tender

5 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

adj/mˠeːh/Munster/mˠiː/Connacht/mˠiː/Ulster/mˠɯ̃ː/Ulster

  1. soft, tender

  2. weak, enervate

  3. moist

  4. soppy, sentimental

Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish máeth, móeth (“soft, tender, yielding”), from Old Irish moíth, from Proto-Celtic *moytos (“tender”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁- (“mild, soft”).

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