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

References
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