meall

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mell (“a ball, sphere, round mass; a round protuberance, swelling”).

Noun

meall m (genitive singular mill, nominative plural meallta)

  1. ball, globe
    1. prominent, fleshy part
    2. protuberance, projection
    3. tumour, swelling; (plural) mumps
    4. (topography) knoll, mound
  3. lump, mass
Declension
Declension of meall

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative meall meallta
Vocative a mhill a mhealla
Genitive mill meall
Dative meall meallta

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an meall na meallta
Genitive an mhill na meall
Dative leis an meall

don mheall

 leis na meallta
Derived terms

Verb

meall (present analytic meallann, future analytic meallfaidh, verbal noun mealladh, past participle meallta) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. beguile, charm; entice
  2. delude, deceive; disappoint
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present meallaim meallann tú;
meallair†		 meallann sé, sí meallaimid meallann sibh meallann siad;
meallaid†		 a mheallann; a mheallas /
a meallann*; a meallas*		 mealltar
past mheall mé; mheallas mheall tú; mheallais mheall sé, sí mheallamar; mheall muid mheall sibh; mheallabhair mheall siad; mhealladar a mheall /
ar mheall*		 mealladh
past habitual mheallainn mhealltá mhealladh sé, sí mheallaimis; mhealladh muid mhealladh sibh mheallaidís; mhealladh siad a mhealladh /
ar mhealladh*		 mhealltaí
future meallfaidh mé;
meallfad		 meallfaidh tú;
meallfair†		 meallfaidh sé, sí meallfaimid;
meallfaidh muid		 meallfaidh sibh meallfaidh siad;
meallfaid†		 a mheallfaidh; a mheallfas /
a meallfaidh*; a meallfas*		 meallfar
conditional mheallfainn / meallfainn‡‡ mheallfá / meallfᇇ mheallfadh sé, sí / meallfadh sé, s퇇 mheallfaimis; mheallfadh muid / meallfaimis‡‡; meallfadh muid‡‡ mheallfadh sibh / meallfadh sibh‡‡ mheallfaidís; mheallfadh siad / meallfaidís‡‡; meallfadh siad‡‡ a mheallfadh /
ar mheallfadh*		 mheallfaí / meallfa퇇
subjunctive present go mealla mé;
go meallad†		 go mealla tú;
go meallair†		 go mealla sé, sí go meallaimid;
go mealla muid		 go mealla sibh go mealla siad;
go meallaid†		 — go mealltar
past dá meallainn dá mealltá dá mealladh sé, sí dá meallaimis;
dá mealladh muid		 dá mealladh sibh dá meallaidís;
dá mealladh siad		 — dá mealltaí
imperative meallaim meall mealladh sé, sí meallaimis meallaigí;
meallaidh†		 meallaidís — mealltar
verbal noun mealladh
past participle meallta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Etymology 2

Adjective

meall (genitive singular masculine mill, genitive singular feminine mille, plural mealla, comparative mille)

  1. Alternative form of meallach (“beguiling, pleasant, delightful”)
Declension
Declension of meall
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative meall mheall mealla;
mhealla²
Vocative mhill mealla
Genitive mealle mealla meall
Dative meall;
mheall¹		 mheall;
mhill (archaic)		 mealla;
mhealla²
Comparative níos mealle
Superlative is mealle

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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

References
  • "meall" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 mell” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mjauɫ̪/

Noun

meall m (genitive singular mill, plural mill)

  1. lump
  2. hill
  3. large number
  4. (weather) shower (of rain)

Derived terms

Verb

meall (past mheall, future meallaidh, verbal noun mealladh, past participle meallta)

  1. deceive, trick, cheat
  2. entice, beguile, inveigle
  3. seduce, charm, tempt

Derived terms
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