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meall
meall
Irish
Noun
meall m (genitive singular mill, nominative plural meallta)
- ball, globe
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- prominent, fleshy part
- protuberance, projection
- tumour, swelling; (plural) mumps
- (topography) knoll, mound
- lump, mass
Declension
Declension of meall
First declension
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Derived terms
Terms derived from meall
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Verb
meall (present analytic meallann, future analytic meallfaidh, verbal noun mealladh, past participle meallta) (transitive, intransitive)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| 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 | mheallfá | mheallfadh sé, sí | mheallfaimis; mheallfadh muid | mheallfadh sibh | mheallfaidís; mheallfadh siad | a mheallfadh / ar mheallfadh* |
mheallfaí | |
| 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
† Dialect form
Etymology 2
Adjective
meall (genitive singular masculine mill, genitive singular feminine mille, plural mealla, comparative mille)
- Alternative form of meallach (“beguiling, pleasant, delightful”)
Declension
Declension of meall
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | meall | meall¹ | mealla³ | |
| Vocative | mill¹ | meall¹ | mealla | |
| Genitive | mill¹ | mille | mealla | meall |
| Dative | meall² | meall¹; (archaic) mill¹ |
mealla³ | |
| Comparative | mille | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| meall | mheall | unchanged |
| 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.