meel
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch meel, from Middle Dutch mēle, Old Dutch *melo, Proto-West Germanic *melu, from Proto-Germanic *melwą.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: meel
Noun
meel (uncountable)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch mēle, Old Dutch *melo, Proto-West Germanic *melu, from Proto-Germanic *melwą.
Pronunciation
Noun
meel n (uncountable)
Derived terms
- bakmeel
- glutenmeel
- griesmeel
- meeldeeg
- meeldraad
- meelworm
- meelzak
- roggemeel
- stuifmeel
- tarwemeel
- volkorenmeel
- zetmeel
Descendants
Further reading
- “meel” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
Anagrams
Estonian
Etymology 1
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
Noun
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
All senses except for "sense" and "mind" are mostly used in a large number of various fixed phrases.
Declension
Declension of meel (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation) | |||
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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
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
meel
Further reading
- “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
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmeːl/, [ˈmeːlʲ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmeːl/, [ˈme̝ːl]
- Rhymes: -eːl
- Hyphenation: meel
Noun
meel
- Alternative form of meeli
Declension
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
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈme.elːæ/, [ˈme̞.e̞lʲː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈme.el/, [ˈme̞.e̞l]
- Rhymes: -e.elː, -e.el
- Hyphenation: me‧el
Noun
meel
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 308
- Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку[1], →ISBN, page 63
Somali
Noun
meel ?
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
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- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
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- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Dutch/eːl
- Rhymes:Dutch/eːl/1 syllable
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
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- Dutch neuter nouns
- Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
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- Estonian terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Estonian colloquialisms
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- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/eːl
- Rhymes:Ingrian/eːl/1 syllable
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian nouns
- Rhymes:Ingrian/e.elː
- Rhymes:Ingrian/e.elː/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Ingrian/e.el
- Rhymes:Ingrian/e.el/2 syllables
- Ingrian non-lemma forms
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- Somali lemmas
- Somali nouns