meall

meall

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /mʲɑːl̪ˠ/

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
2. 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

• an meall is mó ar deireadh (“last but not least”)
• cruinnmheall (“round mass; globe”)
• meall brád
• meall coise
• meall gorm
• meall guail
• meall mór
• meall na gréine
• meall sneachta
• meall súile

 

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

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.

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Scottish Gaelic

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

• meallan
• meall-sgòrnain

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

• mealltach