meil

See also: Meil and me'il

Estonian

Pronoun

meil

1. adessive of meie

Finnish

Pronoun

meil

1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling 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, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 98

Irish

Alternative forms

• meal

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲɛlʲ/

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

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	meilim	meileann tú; meilir†	meileann sé, sí	meilimid	meileann sibh	meileann siad; meilid†	a mheileann; a mheileas / a meileann*	meiltear
	past	mheil mé; mheileas	mheil tú; mheilis	mheil sé, sí	mheileamar; mheil muid	mheil sibh; mheileabhair	mheil siad; mheileadar	a mheil / ar mheil*	meileadh
	past habitual	mheilinn / meilinn‡‡	mheilteá / meilteᇇ	mheileadh sé, sí / meileadh sé, s퇇	mheilimis; mheileadh muid / meilimis‡‡; meileadh muid‡‡	mheileadh sibh / meileadh sibh‡‡	mheilidís; mheileadh siad / meilidís‡‡; meileadh siad‡‡	a mheileadh / a meileadh*	mheiltí / meilt퇇
future		meilfidh mé; meilfead	meilfidh tú; meilfir†	meilfidh sé, sí	meilfimid; meilfidh muid	meilfidh sibh	meilfidh siad; meilfid†	a mheilfidh; a mheilfeas / a meilfidh*	meilfear
conditional		mheilfinn / meilfinn‡‡	mheilfeá / meilfeᇇ	mheilfeadh sé, sí / meilfeadh sé, s퇇	mheilfimis; mheilfeadh muid / meilfimis‡‡; meilfeadh muid‡‡	mheilfeadh sibh / meilfeadh sibh‡‡	mheilfidís; mheilfeadh siad / meilfidís‡‡; meilfeadh siad‡‡	a mheilfeadh / a meilfeadh*	mheilfí / meilf퇇
subjunctive	present	go meile mé; go meilead†	go meile tú; go meilir†	go meile sé, sí	go meilimid; go meile muid	go meile sibh	go meile siad; go meilid†	—	go meiltear
	past	dá meilinn	dá meilteá	dá meileadh sé, sí	dá meilimis; dá meileadh muid	dá meileadh sibh	dá meilidís; dá meileadh siad	—	dá meiltí
imperative		meilim	meil	meileadh sé, sí	meilimis	meiligí; meilidh†	meilidís	—	meiltear
verbal noun		meilt
past participle		meilte

conjugation of meil (first conjugation – A)

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

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

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “meil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “meilid, melaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “meilim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 478
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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 mö