mecal

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مجال (mecāl),[1][2][3] from Arabic مَجَال (majāl).[4]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /meˈd͡ʒal/, (definite accusative) /me.d͡ʒaːˈli/
  • Hyphenation: me‧cal

Noun

mecal (definite accusative mecali, plural mecaller)

  1. power, strength to do something
    Synonyms: derman, takat, hâl, güç, kuvvet
    • 2022 December, Prof. Dr. Hayati DEVELİ, Evliya Çelebi’nin İzinde, Turing, →ISBN, page 292:
      Ne yeller esüp sen nereden bu Azak'a geldin? Yedi aydır Azak Deryası donmuşdur, kara tarafındaki Heyhat Sahrası'nda Kalmuk derdinden kuş uçmaz. Bu kışta kıyamette bizim kaleden dışarı çıkmaya mecalimiz yokken sen nereden geldin?!
      How come you came all the way to Azov? The Azov Sea has been frozen for seven months, in the Steppe of the Kipchaks on the land side not even a bird can fly because of the Kalmyk troubles. In this dead of winter when we don't even have the strength to leave the castle, where did you come from?!
  2. (figuratively) mental strength, fortitude, resilience

Declension
Inflection
Nominative mecal
Definite accusative mecali
Singular Plural
Nominative mecal mecaller
Definite accusative mecali mecalleri
Dative mecale mecallere
Locative mecalde mecallerde
Ablative mecalden mecallerden
Genitive mecalin mecallerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular mecalim mecallerim
2nd singular mecalin mecallerin
3rd singular mecali mecalleri
1st plural mecalimiz mecallerimiz
2nd plural mecaliniz mecalleriniz
3rd plural mecalleri mecalleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular mecalimi mecallerimi
2nd singular mecalini mecallerini
3rd singular mecalini mecallerini
1st plural mecalimizi mecallerimizi
2nd plural mecalinizi mecallerinizi
3rd plural mecallerini mecallerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular mecalime mecallerime
2nd singular mecaline mecallerine
3rd singular mecaline mecallerine
1st plural mecalimize mecallerimize
2nd plural mecalinize mecallerinize
3rd plural mecallerine mecallerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular mecalimde mecallerimde
2nd singular mecalinde mecallerinde
3rd singular mecalinde mecallerinde
1st plural mecalimizde mecallerimizde
2nd plural mecalinizde mecallerinizde
3rd plural mecallerinde mecallerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular mecalimden mecallerimden
2nd singular mecalinden mecallerinden
3rd singular mecalinden mecallerinden
1st plural mecalimizden mecallerimizden
2nd plural mecalinizden mecallerinizden
3rd plural mecallerinden mecallerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular mecalimin mecallerimin
2nd singular mecalinin mecallerinin
3rd singular mecalinin mecallerinin
1st plural mecalimizin mecallerimizin
2nd plural mecalinizin mecallerinizin
3rd plural mecallerinin mecallerinin

Derived terms
  • mecali kalmamak
  • mecalsiz
  • mecalsiz düşmek

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مجال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1745
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مجال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1120
  3. Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “مجال”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1290
  4. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mecal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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