meall

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mell (a ball, sphere, round mass; a round protuberance, swelling), from Proto-Celtic *melsā (knuckle), from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (limb, joint), see also Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos), Gaulish placename Melodunum.

Noun

meall m (genitive singular mill, nominative plural meallta)

  1. ball, globe
    1. prominent, fleshy part
    2. protuberance, projection
    3. tumour, swelling; (plural) mumps
    4. (topography) knoll, mound
  2. lump, mass
Declension
Declension of meall (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative meall meallta
vocative a mhill a mhealla
genitive mill meall
dative meall meallta
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an meall na meallta
genitive an mhill na meall
dative leis an meall
don mheall
leis na meallta
Derived terms

Verb

meall (present analytic meallann, future analytic meallfaidh, verbal noun mealladh, past participle meallta) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. beguile, charm; entice
  2. delude, deceive; disappoint
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Adjective

meall (genitive singular masculine mill, genitive singular feminine mille, plural mealla, comparative mille)

  1. Alternative form of meallach (beguiling, pleasant, delightful)
Declension
Declension of meall
singular plural (m/f)
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

Mutated forms of meall
radical lenition eclipsis
meall mheall not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish mell, from Proto-Celtic *melsā (knuckle), from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (limb, joint), see also Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos), Gaulish placename Melodunum.

Pronunciation

Noun

meall m (genitive singular mill, plural mill)

  1. lump
  2. hill
  3. large number
  4. (weather) shower (of rain)

Derived terms

Verb

meall (past mheall, future meallaidh, verbal noun mealladh, past participle meallta)

  1. deceive, trick, cheat
  2. entice, beguile, inveigle
  3. seduce, charm, tempt

Derived terms

References

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “meall”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath