See also: Meil and me'il

Estonian

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meil

  1. adessive of meie

Finnish

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meil

  1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of meillä.

Ingrian

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meil

  1. adessive of möö

References

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  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 98

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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Derived terms

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

Mutation

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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.

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish meilid. Doublet of meal.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mel/
  • Hyphenation: meil

Verb

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meil (past mheil, future meilidh, verbal noun meileadh, past participle meilte)

  1. (transitive) to mill, to grind

Mutation

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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

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

Veps

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Pronoun

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meil

  1. adessive of
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lenin 1
see 1