meel
See also: Meel
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch meel, from Middle Dutch mēle, Old Dutch *melo, Proto-West Germanic *melu, from Proto-Germanic *melwą.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: meel
Noun edit
meel (uncountable)
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch mēle, Old Dutch *melo, Proto-West Germanic *melu, from Proto-Germanic *melwą.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
meel n (uncountable)
Derived terms edit
- bakmeel
- glutenmeel
- griesmeel
- meeldeeg
- meeldraad
- meelworm
- meelzak
- roggemeel
- stuifmeel
- tarwemeel
- volkorenmeel
- zetmeel
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “meel” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
Anagrams edit
Estonian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Finnic *meeli, From Proto-Finno-Permic *mäle. Cognates include Finnish mieli, Votic meeli, Northern Sami miella, Moksha мяль (mäľ) and Komi-Zyrian мыл (myl).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
meel (genitive meele, partitive meelt)
- sense
- Viis meelt.
- The five senses.
- emotion, feeling
- Mul on hea meel, et ma sinuga kohtusin.
- I'm glad that I met you. (lit. "I have a good feeling that I met you")
- opinion, idea
- Me oleme samal meelel.
- We have the same opinion.
- (generally with järgi, järele) wish, desire
- See asi pole mulle meele järgi.
- This thing isn't to my desire. (i.e "I don't like this")
- (mostly in the locative cases) memory
- Mulle ei jää asjad meelde.
- I don't remember things. (lit. "Things don't stay into my memory.")
- Mul läks meelest ära.
- I forgot. (lit. "It went from my memory")
- (colloquial) mind, intelligence, smarts
- Viin võtab meele meeste peast.
- Vodka takes the mind out of men.
Usage notes edit
All senses except for "sense" and "mind" are mostly used in a large number of various fixed phrases.
Declension edit
| Declension of meel (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | meel | meeled | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | meele | ||
| genitive | meelte | ||
| partitive | meelt | meeli | |
| illative | meelde meelesse |
meeltesse meelisse | |
| inessive | meeles | meeltes meelis | |
| elative | meelest | meeltest meelist | |
| allative | meelele | meeltele meelile | |
| adessive | meelel | meeltel meelil | |
| ablative | meelelt | meeltelt meelilt | |
| translative | meeleks | meelteks meeliks | |
| terminative | meeleni | meelteni | |
| essive | meelena | meeltena | |
| abessive | meeleta | meelteta | |
| comitative | meelega | meeltega | |
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
meel
Further reading edit
- “meel”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “meel”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “meel”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- meel in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
Ingrian edit
Etymology 1 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmeːl/, [ˈmeːlʲ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmeːl/, [ˈme̝ːl]
- Rhymes: -eːl
- Hyphenation: meel
Noun edit
meel
- Alternative form of meeli
Declension edit
| Declension of meel (type 5/keeli, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | meel | meelet |
| genitive | meelen | meeliin, meelilöin |
| partitive | meeltä, meelt | meeliä, meelilöjä |
| illative | meelee | meelii, meelilöihe |
| inessive | meelees | meeliis, meelilöis |
| elative | meelest | meelist, meelilöist |
| allative | meelelle | meelille, meelilöille |
| adessive | meeleel | meeliil, meelilöil |
| ablative | meelelt | meelilt, meelilöilt |
| translative | meeleks | meeliks, meelilöiks |
| essive | meelennä, meeleen | meelinnä, meelilöinnä, meeliin, meelilöin |
| exessive1) | meelent | meelint, meelilöint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈme.elːæ/, [ˈme̞.e̞lʲː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈme.el/, [ˈme̞.e̞l]
- Rhymes: -e.elː, -e.el
- Hyphenation: me‧el
Noun edit
meel
References edit
Somali edit
Noun edit
meel ?