# meil
## Estonian
### Pronoun

meil
* adessive of meie

## Finnish
### Pronoun

meil
* (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of meillä.

## Ingrian
### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈmei̯lːæ/, [ˈme̞i̯lʲː]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈmei̯l/, [ˈme̞i̯lʲ]
* Rhymes: -ei̯lː, -ei̯l
* Hyphenation: meil
* Homophone: meille

### Pronoun

meil
* adessive of möö

### References

* V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 98

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* meal

### Etymology

From Old Irish meilid, from Proto-Celtic *meleti, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mʲɛlʲ/

### Verb

meil (present analytic meileann, future analytic meilfidh, verbal noun meilt, past participle meilte)
* to grind, crush, mill (grain, coffee, herbs etc.)
* to waste, kill, while away, pass, eat up (time)
* to crush, destroy, wear away, wear down
    Synonym: scrios
* to chew, eat, consume (food)
    Synonyms: cogain, ith
* to granulate (metal)
* sharpen, hone (a weapon)
    Synonyms: géaraigh, cuir faobhar ar

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | meilim | meileann tú; meilir$^†$ | meileann sé, sí | meilimid | meileann sibh | meileann siad; meilid$^†$ | a mheileann; a mheileas / a meileann* | meiltear |
| indicative | past | mheil mé; mheileas | mheil tú; mheilis | mheil sé, sí | mheileamar; mheil muid | mheil sibh; mheileabhair | mheil siad; mheileadar | a mheil / ar mheil* | meileadh |
| indicative | past habitual | mheilinn / meilinn‡‡ | mheilteá / meilteá‡‡ | mheileadh sé, sí / meileadh sé, sí‡‡ | mheilimis; mheileadh muid / meilimis‡‡; meileadh muid‡‡ | mheileadh sibh / meileadh sibh‡‡ | mheilidís; mheileadh siad / meilidís‡‡; meileadh siad‡‡ | a mheileadh / a meileadh* | mheiltí / meiltí‡‡ |
| future | future | meilfidh mé; meilfead | meilfidh tú; meilfir$^†$ | meilfidh sé, sí | meilfimid; meilfidh muid | meilfidh sibh | meilfidh siad; meilfid$^†$ | a mheilfidh; a mheilfeas / a meilfidh* | meilfear |
| conditional | conditional | mheilfinn / meilfinn‡‡ | mheilfeá / meilfeá‡‡ | mheilfeadh sé, sí / meilfeadh sé, sí‡‡ | mheilfimis; mheilfeadh muid / meilfimis‡‡; meilfeadh muid‡‡ | mheilfeadh sibh / meilfeadh sibh‡‡ | mheilfidís; mheilfeadh siad / meilfidís‡‡; meilfeadh siad‡‡ | a mheilfeadh / a meilfeadh* | mheilfí / meilfí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go meile mé; go meilead$^†$ | go meile tú; go meilir$^†$ | go meile sé, sí | go meilimid; go meile muid | go meile sibh | go meile siad; go meilid$^†$ | — | go meiltear |
| subjunctive | past | dá meilinn | dá meilteá | dá meileadh sé, sí | dá meilimis; dá meileadh muid | dá meileadh sibh | dá meilidís; dá meileadh siad | — | dá meiltí |
| imperative | imperative | meilim | meil | meileadh sé, sí | meilimis | meiligí; meilidh$^†$ | meilidís | — | meiltear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | meilt | meilt | meilt | meilt | meilt | meilt | meilt | meilt |
| past participle | past participle | meilte | meilte | meilte | meilte | meilte | meilte | meilte | meilte |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

#### Derived terms

* meil mín is garbh (“to discuss or talk incessantly”, literally “to grind fine and coarse”)

### Further reading

* “meil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “meilid, melaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “meilim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 478
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish meilid. Doublet of meal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mel/
* Hyphenation: meil

### Verb

meil (past mheil, future meilidh, verbal noun meileadh, past participle meilte)
* (transitive) to mill, to grind

### Further reading

* Colin Mark (2003) “meil”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN

## Veps
### Pronoun

meil
* adessive of mö