Pota Focal Intergaelic
Gluais TíHouse Glossary Gluais Beo!Beo! Glossary TeasárasThesaurus BriathraVerbs
meastachán measúnacht measúnaigh meath meathlú meicneoir meicníocht méid meidhir meil méin meirbh meirg meirge Meiriceánach meirleach meisce meisciúil meitéareolaíocht meitheal Meitheamh
méid
FEMININE NOUN
size
cén mhéid atá ionat anois?
what size are you now?
siad ar aon mhéid
they are the same size
cuir na rudaí sin in ord de réir méide
put those things in order according to size
líon na mac léinn ollscoile ag dul i méid
the number of university students is growing
méid
MASCULINE NOUN
quantity
amount
how much
bhí an saol difriúil ag an am sa mhéid nach raibh áiseanna na linne seo againn
life was different then in the sense that we didn't have modern-day facilities
an méid airgid atá aige
the amount of money he has
dhéanfadh leath an méid sin cúis
half of that amount would do
de bharr an méid eolais atá le fáil
because of the amount of information available
sa mhéid
in as much as [something]
Foirmeacha gramadaí
Grammatical forms
méid
FEMININE NOUN
GENITIVE SINGULAR
méide
NOMINATVE PLURAL
méideanna
GENITIVE PLURAL
méideanna
STAITISTICÍ · STATISTICS
Is é méid an 134ú focal is minice úsáid sa Ghaeilge. Tagann sé chun cinn uair amháin i ngach 1,700 focal.
Méid is the 134th most frequently used word in Irish. It occurs once in every 1,700 words.
Samplaí gaolmhara
Related examples
líon na ngearán ag dul i méid
the number of complaints is increasing
líon na n-iarratas ag dul i méid
the number of applications is increasing
An mbíonn ag imirt snúcair? bhím. Corrchluiche púil sa bpub, sin an méid.
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
Do you play snooker? No I don't. The odd game of pool in the pub, that's all.
idir fhíricí agus bhreithiúnas sa mhéid sin. Seasaim leo araon.
'Beo!', beo.ie
There are both facts and judgement in what I have just said. I stand behind them both.
Fágadh Séimí i gcuideachta scaifte eile páistí a bhí fána thuairim féin méide.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
Jamie was left among a pack of other children who were about his own size.
Níl méid meáchan inti.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
She is tiny and weighs nothing.