meil

See also: Meil and me'il

Estonian

Pronoun

meil

  1. adessive of meie

Finnish

Pronoun

meil

  1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of meillä.

Ingrian

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmei̯lːæ/, [ˈme̞i̯lʲː]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmei̯l/, [ˈme̞i̯lʲ]
  • Rhymes: -ei̯lː, -ei̯l
  • Hyphenation: meil
  • Homophone: meille

Pronoun

meil

  1. adessive of möö

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

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mʲɛlʲ/

Verb

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

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
meil mheil not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish meilid. Doublet of meal.

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

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to mill, to grind

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
meilmheil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

Veps

Pronoun

meil

  1. adessive of mö
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