meirle

See also: mèirle

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /mʲer.lʲe/

Noun

meirle f

  1. stealing, theft, robbery
    Synonym: gait

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative meirleL meirliL meirli
Vocative meirleL meirliL meirli
Accusative meirliN meirliL meirli
Genitive meirle meirleL meirleN
Dative meirliL meirlib meirlib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Scottish Gaelic: mèirle

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
meirle
also mmeirle after a proclitic
meirle
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

meirle f (genitive singular meirle, plural meirlean)

  1. Alternative form of mèirle.
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