meathlú

Irish

Alternative forms

• meathló

Noun

meathlú m (genitive singular meathlaithe)

1. verbal noun of meathlaigh
2. decline, decay, failure, degeneration

   Synonym: meath

3. (biology) devolution

Declension

Declension of meathlú

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative meathlú Vocative a mheathlú Genitive meathlaithe Dative meathlú

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an meathlú Genitive an mheathlaithe Dative leis an meathlú don mheathlú

Derived terms

• meathlúchán

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meathlú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “meathlú” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “meathlú” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.