{"id":7635,"date":"2023-10-18T14:27:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T13:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=7635"},"modified":"2023-10-18T14:27:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T13:27:54","slug":"size-quantity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2023\/10\/18\/size-quantity\/","title":{"rendered":"Size & Quantity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Words for size<\/strong>, amount<\/strong>, quantity<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n

\"Size<\/p>\n

Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n*mant\u012b<\/strong> = size, quantity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\nm\u00e9it<\/strong> [m\u02b2e\u02d0d\u02b2] = amount, extent, greatness, quantity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\nm\u00e9it, m\u00e9t<\/strong> = greatness, magnitude
\nm\u00e9ite, m\u00e9te, m\u00e9ide<\/strong> = size, amount, extent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\nm\u00e9id<\/strong> [m\u02b2e\u02d0d\u02b2] = amount, quantity, extent, degree, number; size, magnitude
\nainmh\u00e9id<\/strong> = hugeness, overgrowth
\nc\u00f3imh\u00e9id<\/strong> = equal size or amount
\ngearrmh\u00e9id<\/strong> = fair size
\ngh\u00e1thmh\u00e9id<\/strong> = ordinary, average, size
\nl\u00e1nmh\u00e9id<\/strong> = full size
\nme\u00e1nmh\u00e9id<\/strong> = medium size
\nollm\u00e9id<\/strong> = great, size, hugeness, immensity
\nm\u00e9adaigh<\/strong> = to increase, multiply, enlarge, augment
\nm\u00e9adail<\/strong> = paunch, stomach
\nm\u00e9ada\u00edocht<\/strong> = grown state, increase, growth, self-importance, friendship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\nmeud<\/strong> [miad] = size, largeness, amount, quantity, dimension
\nmeudmhor<\/strong> = ample, sizeable
\nmeudachd<\/strong> = dimension, bulk, greatness, magnitude, size, scale
\nmeudachadh<\/strong> = increasing, expanding, augmenting
\nmeudaichte<\/strong> = increased, expanded, augmented
\nl\u00e0n-mheud<\/strong> = full size
\nm\u00f2r-mheud<\/strong> = great size
\nro-mheud<\/strong> = excessive size \/ amount<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\nmooad<\/strong> = amount, quantity
\nmooadys<\/strong> = amount, amplitude, augmentation, capacity, dimension
\nmooadagh<\/strong> = bulky, expansionist, large, sizeable
\nmooadaghey<\/strong> = aggravation, amplify, augment, develop, developing, enlarge
\nmooad-vaghteyr<\/strong> = quantity surveyor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n*m\u0117nt<\/strong> = vain (?)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\nmeint, meynt, mint<\/strong> = size, stature, amount
\nkymeint, kemeint, cymain<\/strong> = as great, as large, as big
\nmeintholy, meynholy, meintoli<\/strong> = to specify an amount, measure<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\nmaint<\/strong> [mai\u032fnt] = size, dimension, magnitude, stature, amount, sum, number, quantity, the whole, all, as many, such
\nmaintiol(i)aeth<\/strong> = size, dimension, measure, quantity
\ncymaint<\/strong> = as great, as large, as big, as many, as much
\n(pa) faint?<\/strong> = how many? how many?
\nmeintiol<\/strong> = quantitative
\nmein(ti)olaf, meint(i)oli<\/strong> = to specify an amount, measure, quantify, value
\nmeint(i)oliad<\/strong> = quantification<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\nmens, m\u0177ns<\/strong> = magnitude, greatness, quantity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\nmyns, mens<\/strong> = amount, quantity, as many as
\nmynsek, mensek<\/strong> = considerable, sizeable
\nmynsonieth, mensonieth<\/strong> = geometry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Breton<\/th>\nment, mint<\/strong> =<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\nment, m\u00e6nt, men<\/strong> = size, dimension<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\nment<\/strong> [\u02c8m\u025bnt\/\u02c8m\u1ebdnt] = size, dimension, measure, format
\nmentad<\/strong> = measure
\nmentada\u00f1<\/strong> = to measure, format
\nmentadur<\/strong> = quantification
\nmentel<\/strong> [\u02c8m\u1ebdnt\u025bl] = dimensional, quantitative<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n

Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Indo-European *mh\u2081-nt-<\/em>, from *meh\u2081-<\/em> (to measure) [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Words from the same PIE roots include immense<\/strong>, meal<\/strong>, measure<\/strong>, meter \/ metre<\/strong>, metronome<\/strong> and probably moon<\/strong> and month<\/strong> in English, vermaren<\/strong> (to make famous) and maal<\/strong> (meal, time, turn) in Dutch, and m\u00e6r\u00f0<\/strong> (flattery, praise) in Icelandic [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

\"Blubrry<\/a><\/p>\n

Sources: Wiktionary<\/a>, Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, Online Manx Dictionary<\/a>, Teanglann.ie<\/a>, eDIL – Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language<\/a>, In D\u00fail B\u00e9lrai English – Old Irish glossary<\/a>, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, Gerlyvyr Cernewec<\/a>, Lexicon Cornu-britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall<\/a>, Dictionaire Favereau<\/a>, TermOfis<\/a>, Le dictionnaire diachronique du breton<\/a>, Geriafurch<\/a>, English – ProtoCeltic WordList<\/a> (PDF), Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Words for size, amount, quantity and related things in Celtic languages. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Proto-Celtic *mant\u012b = size, quantity Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) m\u00e9it [m\u02b2e\u02d0d\u02b2] = amount, extent, greatness, quantity Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) m\u00e9it, m\u00e9t = greatness, magnitude m\u00e9ite, m\u00e9te, m\u00e9ide = size, amount, extent Irish (Gaeilge) m\u00e9id [m\u02b2e\u02d0d\u02b2] = amount, quantity, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16,26,81,19,20,65,21,3,22,5,6,37,7,27,8,10,11,12,13,23,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-dutch-nederlands","category-english","category-etymology","category-icelandic-islenska","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-irish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-old-breton","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-verbs","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7636,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7635\/revisions\/7636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}