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matli. W.-\mat. Cora. mat. Arm. mat and ran, good.
Chald. Heb. raatach and matah, agreeable to the taste.
Math, maith, s. m. (Ir. id.) Good; profit; benefit; fruit;
rarely, a hand. Airson mo mhaith, /or my good. Chabhi
cuirahne air a mhath a bha, past kindness is not rcmem-
lered. — G. P. Written also maith.
M.\TH, V. a. {Ir. id.) Pardon, forgive ; abate; ameliorate;
manure. Pre/, n. mhath ; fat. aff. a. mathaidh. Am math
thudha? wilt thou forgive him'^ Math dhomh, parrfon me.
Mathachadh, aidh, s. m. A manuring; manure; an im-
proving.
Mathadh, aidh, s. m. A pardoning, forgiving, abating,
ameliorating.
Mathaich, v. a. (from math.) Manure; improve, make
good; ameliorate. Pret. a. mhathaich, manured; fut.
aff'. a. matliaichidh, shall manure ; fut. pass, mathaichear,
shall be manured.
Mathaicute, p. part, of mathaich. Manured; improved,
made good.
Mathaim, {for mathaidh mi.) I will forgive or abate.
M.\THAiN, s.f. {Ir. id.) Mercy; disposal; good-nature.
Math AIR, màthar, i'./. A mother ; a cause. iV. p^. màith-
richean, mothers ; d. pi. màithrichibh, to mothers ; màthair
aobhair, a first cause, a primary cause ; màthair-bhaile, a
metropolis or mother-city ; màthair-cèile, a mother-in-laiu ;
màthair iongair, the source of bile ; the cause of suppuration.
Shaw. Mathair-baisde, a godmother ; màthair na lùdaig,
the ring-finger ; màtliair uisge, a reservoir ofivater; a foun-
tain head. — Shaw.
Here it may be proper to observe, that a Highlander, in speaking
to his mother, never says a uihutliair, motlier, but a bliean, woman.
On the other hand, when writing to her, or in apostrophising, he uses
a mhalhuir, and not a blicrm.
Gr. ftnTiig, mother. Lat. mater. Pers. mader. Syr. mar.
Turk, mazer. Malabar, mada and mata. Geim. muter.
Island, mooder. Ir. mathair. E7ig. mother. If. and Span.
madre. Fr. mere and + metre. Plutarch in Iside, page
374, has " Isis quandoque meyther nominatur," — Isis is
sometimes called meyther.
+ Mathair, s./i Gore, matter.
MÀTiiAiREACiiD, s.f. {Ir. id.) The right of a mother.—
Shaw.
Mathairf.as, eis, s. m. Motherhood.
Matiiaireil, a. (mathair-amhuil.) Motherly; like a mother,
tender. Mac niathaireil, a son like his mother.
Mathaireileachd, s.f. Motherliness ; female tender-
ness. — Shaw.
t MXthan, ain, s. m. A twig; a sucker. Now written
maothan; which see.
Mathanas, ais, s. m. {from math.) Pardon, forgiveness.
Written also maitheanas ; which see.
Mathar-mhortadii, aidh, s. tn. Matricide, or the murder
of one's mother.
Mathar-miiortair, s. m. A matricide, one who murders
his or her mother.
Mathas, ais, s. m. Goodness; benefit; bounty; business.
Mathasach, a. {from mathas.) Benevolent, bountiful.
Mathasach le ceill, bountiful ivith discretion. — Old Song.
Mathasaciid, s. f. Benevolence, bountifulness. Cha 'n
fhaicear do leithid air mhathasachd, thy like for benevo-
lence shall not be seen.
Math-giiamiiuinn, -ghamhna, s. »i. A bear. Da mhath-
ghamhuinn bhainionn, two she-bears. — Stew. 2 K. More
properly magh-ghamhuinn ; which see.
Matiisadh, aidh, s. m. A doubt. — Shaw.
Math-shlogh, oigh, s. {Ir. id.) A congregation.
Mi, a. See Meith.
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Meabiiadii, aidh, s. ni. {Ir. id.) A defeat; a bursting.
Meabhair, s.f. See Meamiiair.
Meabhal, ail, s. m. {Ir.id.) Fraud; deceit ; shame ; re-
proach.
Meabhalach, a. (Ir.id.) Fraudulent ; deceitful ; shame-
ful. Co}n. and sup. meabhalaiche.
Meabhlach, a. See Meabhalach.
t Meabhra, ai, s. (Ir. id.) A fiction, a lie. — Sha7v.
Meabhrach, «. (Ir.id.) Mindful ; having a good memory.
t Meabhrach, a. Cheerful, merry, pleasant. Covi. and
siip. meabhraiche. Gu meabhrach, cheerfully.
t Meabhraich, v. a. Scheme, plan; commit to memory.
Pret. a. mheabhraich, schemed ; fut. aff. meabhraichidh.
Meabhraichte, p. pari, of meabhraich. Schemed, planned ;
committed to memory.
Meacan, ain, s. m. (Ir.id.) A parsnip; a turnip ; hire;
reward ; a small rod ; a twig ; a shoot ; a plant. Meacan
rigii, a parsnip ; meacan ragum, horse-radish ; meacan
sleibhe, great bastard, black hellebore; meacan roibe,
sneezewort ; meacan buidhe, a carrot ; meacan raidich, a
carrot ; meacan ruadh, a radish ; meacan uileann, elecam-
pane. — Shaw. Is buan meacan na fòlachd, lasting is the
shoot which springs from malice. — G. P.
Meacanach, a. Like a parsnip or a turnip; abounding in
parsnips or tuniips ; of, or belonging to, parsnips or turnips.
t Meach, s.f. (Ir. id.) Hospitality.
Meachaixn, s.y. (Ir. id.) Abatement, as of rent — (Macfar.
Foe); discount; luck-penny.
Meachair, a. Pretty, beautiful, handsome; cheerful,
sportive ; talkative. Meachair mar mhaighdinn, pretty as
a maid.- — Macint. Gruaidhean meachair, pretty cheeks.
— Macfar.
Meachdann, ain, s. m. A small rod; a twig. — Macfar.
Voc.
Meachran, ain, s. m. An officious person; an obliging
person ; an intermeddler. N. pi. meachrain.
Meachranach, a. (from meachran.) Officious; inter-
fering, intermeddling ; ready to serve or oblige. Com. and
sup. meachranaiche, more or most officious. Gu meachran-
ach, officiously.
Meachranaicii, v. Interfere, intermeddle.
Mead, s. m. (Ir.id.) Size, bulk, extent; a/io, a measure.
More commonly written meud; which see.
Meadach, aich, s. m. {Ir. id.) A lyiife. — Shaw.
Meadag, aig, s.f. A knife. iV. p/. meadagan.
Meadachadh, aidh, s. m. See Meudachadh.
Meadaich, v. a. See Meudaich.
Meadar, air, s. m., from mead. (Ir. id.) A small ansated
wooden dish, a bicker ; a churn ; a milk-pail. — Shaw.
The Irisli meadar is of one piece, quadrangular, and hollowed
with a chisel ; the Highland meadar is, like the Lowland /«ggiV
or bicker, round, hooped, and ansated.
f Meadar, air, s. m. (Ir. id. Gr. fin^ov. Eng. metre.)
Rhyme, verse.
Meadarach, a. Like a bicker; ansated as a bicker; in
verse or rhyme,
t Meadarachd, s.f. Versification; modulation.
Meadaraich, v. n. Versify, modulate. Pret. a. mhea-'
daraich, versified ; fut. aff. meadaraichidh, shall versify ;
p. part, meadaraichte, versified, in verse.
Mead-bhronn. See Meud-bhronn.
f Meadh, s. m. (Ir. id. Gr. i^iv.) Metheglin, mead.
Meadh, meidh, s. /. (Ir. id.) A balance, a scale. Air
meadh, in a balance.— Stew. Ps. See Meidh.
t Meadhach, ich, s. m. (Ir. id.) A stallion.