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)

References

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