meigeall

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

meigeall m (genitive singular meigill, nominative plural meigill)

1. goat's beard
2. goatee

Declension

Declension of meigeall (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative meigeall meigill vocative a mheigill a mheigealla genitive meigill meigeall dative meigeall meigill forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an meigeall na meigill genitive an mheigill na meigeall dative leis an meigeall don mheigeall leis na meigill

Synonyms

• (goatee): cab féasóige, caibín féasóige

Derived terms

• meigeallach (“bearded like a goat; wearing a goatee”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of meigeall

radical	lenition	eclipsis
meigeall	mheigeall	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meigeall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN