meil

See also: Meil and me'il

Estonian

Pronoun

meil

  1. adessive of me

Finnish

Pronoun

meil

  1. (colloquial) alternative form 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[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 98

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish meilid,[2] from Proto-Celtic *meleti, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʲelʲ/

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

Derived terms

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

Mutation

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.

References

  1. ^ meil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “meilid, melaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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

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

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

Veps

Pronoun

meil

  1. adessive of