méadail

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish métail.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

méadail f (genitive singular méadla, nominative plural méadlacha)

  1. paunch (large, protruding belly)
    Synonyms: maróg, bolg
  2. maw, stomach

Declension

Declension of méadail (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative méadail méadlacha
vocative a mhéadail a mhéadlacha
genitive méadla méadlacha
dative méadail méadlacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an mhéadail na méadlacha
genitive na méadla na méadlacha
dative leis an méadail
don mhéadail 		leis na méadlacha

Derived terms

  • méadail mhéarach (“starfish”)
  • méadail mhór (“paunch (of ruminant)”)
  • méadailín (“ventricle”)
  • méadlach (“gourmand; paunchy”)
  • méadlachán (“paunchy person”)
  • méadláil (“gourmandize”)
  • méadlálaí (“gourmand”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of méadail
radical lenition eclipsis
méadail mhéadail 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

  1. ^ “méadail”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “métal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 207, page 79

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