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

Mutation of meirle
radical lenition nasalization
meirle
also mmeirle in h-prothesis environments		 meirle
pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/		 meirle
also mmeirle

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

meirle f (genitive singular meirle, plural meirlean)

  1. alternative form of mèirle
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