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meil

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See also: Meil and me'il

Estonian

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Pronoun

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meil

  1. adessive of meie

Finnish

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Pronoun

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meil

  1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of meillä.

Ingrian

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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meil

  1. adessive of möö

References

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  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 98

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish meilid, from Proto-Celtic *meleti, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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meil (present analytic meileann, future analytic meilfidh, verbal noun meilt, past participle meilte)

  1. to grind, crush, mill (grain, coffee, herbs etc.)
  2. to waste, kill, while away, pass, eat up (time)
  3. to crush, destroy, wear away, wear down
    Synonym: scrios
  4. to chew, eat, consume (food)
    Synonyms: cogain, ith
  5. to granulate (metal)
  6. sharpen, hone (a weapon)
    Synonyms: géaraigh, cuir faobhar ar

Conjugation

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conjugation of meil (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present meilim meileann tú;
meilir† 		meileann sé, sí meilimid meileann sibh meileann siad;
meilid† 		a mheileann; a mheileas /
a meileann* 		meiltear
past mheil mé; mheileas mheil tú; mheilis mheil sé, sí mheileamar; mheil muid mheil sibh; mheileabhair mheil siad; mheileadar a mheil /
ar mheil* 		meileadh
past habitual mheilinn / meilinn‡‡ mheilteá / meilteᇇ mheileadh sé, sí / meileadh sé, s퇇 mheilimis; mheileadh muid / meilimis‡‡; meileadh muid‡‡ mheileadh sibh / meileadh sibh‡‡ mheilidís; mheileadh siad / meilidís‡‡; meileadh siad‡‡ a mheileadh /
a meileadh* 		mheiltí / meilt퇇
future meilfidh mé;
meilfead 		meilfidh tú;
meilfir† 		meilfidh sé, sí meilfimid;
meilfidh muid 		meilfidh sibh meilfidh siad;
meilfid† 		a mheilfidh; a mheilfeas /
a meilfidh* 		meilfear
conditional mheilfinn / meilfinn‡‡ mheilfeá / meilfeᇇ mheilfeadh sé, sí / meilfeadh sé, s퇇 mheilfimis; mheilfeadh muid / meilfimis‡‡; meilfeadh muid‡‡ mheilfeadh sibh / meilfeadh sibh‡‡ mheilfidís; mheilfeadh siad / meilfidís‡‡; meilfeadh siad‡‡ a mheilfeadh /
a meilfeadh* 		mheilfí / meilf퇇
subjunctive present go meile mé;
go meilead† 		go meile tú;
go meilir† 		go meile sé, sí go meilimid;
go meile muid 		go meile sibh go meile siad;
go meilid† 		— go meiltear
past dá meilinn dá meilteá dá meileadh sé, sí dá meilimis;
dá meileadh muid 		dá meileadh sibh dá meilidís;
dá meileadh siad 		— dá meiltí
imperative meilim meil meileadh sé, sí meilimis meiligí;
meilidh† 		meilidís — meiltear
verbal noun meilt
past participle meilte

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

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  • meil mín is garbh (“to discuss or talk incessantly”, literally “to grind fine and coarse”)

Mutation

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Mutated forms of meil
radical lenition eclipsis
meil mheil not applicable

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

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish meilid. Doublet of meal.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mel/
  • Hyphenation: meil

Verb

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meil (past mheil, future meilidh, verbal noun meileadh, past participle meilte)

  1. (transitive) to mill, to grind

Mutation

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Mutation of meil
radical lenition
meil mheil

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

Further reading

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  • Colin Mark (2003) “meil”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN

Veps

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Pronoun

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meil

  1. adessive of mö
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