meall
Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Irish mell (“a ball, sphere, round mass; a round protuberance, swelling”).
Noun[edit]
meall m (genitive singular mill, nominative plural meallta)
- ball, globe
- prominent, fleshy part
- protuberance, projection
- tumour, swelling; (plural) mumps
- (topography) knoll, mound
- lump, mass
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- an meall is mó ar deireadh (“last but not least”)
- cruinnmheall (“round mass; globe”)
- meall brád
- meall coise
- meall gorm
- meall guail
- meall mór
- meall na gréine
- meall sneachta
- meall súile
Verb[edit]
meall (present analytic meallann, future analytic meallfaidh, verbal noun mealladh, past participle meallta) (transitive, intransitive)
Conjugation[edit]
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
meall (genitive singular masculine mill, genitive singular feminine mille, plural mealla, comparative mille)
- Alternative form of meallach (“beguiling, pleasant, delightful”)
Declension[edit]
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | meall | mheall | mealla; mhealla² | |
Vocative | mhill | mealla | ||
Genitive | mealle | mealla | meall | |
Dative | meall; mheall¹ |
mheall; mhill (archaic) |
mealla; mhealla² | |
Comparative | níos mealle | |||
Superlative | is mealle |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
meall | mheall | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 mell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- 💬 at 2022 Phonetics and Speech Laboratory
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
meall m (genitive singular mill, plural mill)
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
meall (past mheall, future meallaidh, verbal noun mealladh, past participle meallta)
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