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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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mealbhan, sea bent (Suth.), sand dunes with bent (W. Ross):
mealg, milt of fish; for *fealg = sealg?
meall, a lump, hill, Ir. meall, lump, knob, heap, E. Ir. mell, Br. mell, joint, knot, knuckle, Gaul. Mello-dunum (?), now Melun: *mello-, from *melno-; O.Slav. iz-molêti, just out, proturberate (Bez. with query); *mḷso; cf. Gr. μέλος, limb, part.
meall, deceive, entice, Ir. meallaim, M. Ir. mellaim, deceive, E. Ir. mell, error: melsô (Stokes), root mel, mal, bad; Lat. malus; Lit. mìlyti, mistake, mélas, lie; Gr. μέλεος, useless; Armen. meλ, peccatum. O. Ir. meld, pleasant (?), Gr. ἀμαλός, root mela, grind.
meallan, clach-mheallain, hail, Ir. meallán (Fol., O'R.); from meall, lump?
meambrana, parchments, Ir. meamrum, O. Ir. membrum; from Lat. membrana, skin, membrane, from membrum.
meamhair, meomhair, memory, Ir. meamhair, O. Ir. mebuir, W. myfyr; from Lat. memoria, Eng. memory.
meamna, meanmna, spirit, will, Ir. meanma (n.), meanmnach (adj.), O. Ir. menme, g. menman, mens; *menmês, g. menmenos, root men, mind, think; Skr. mánman, mind, thought, manye, think; Lat. memini, remember, mens; Gr. μέμονα, think, μνῆμα, monument; Eng. mean, mind; etc.
mean, meanbh, small, E. Ir. menbach, small particle: *mino-, *minvo-, root min; Lat. minus, Eng. diminish, Lat. minor, minutus, minute; Gr. μινúθω, lessen; Got. minus, less: root mi, mei. See mi-. Stokes gives also an alternate root men, Skr. manâk, a little, Lat. mancus, mamed, Lit. mènkas, little.
meanachair, small cattle, sheep or goats (Dial.); for meanbh-chrodh.
mèanan, a yawn, Ir. méanfach, E. Ir. mén-scailim, I yawn, "mouth-spread", mén, mouth, ménogud, hiatus; cf. W. min, lip, edge, Cor. min, meen, Br. min, snout. Strachan and Stokes suggest the stem *maknâ, *mekno-, root mak; Ag. S. maga, stomach, Ger. magen, Eng. maw.
meang, guile, Ir. meang, E. Ir. meng: *mengâ; Gr. μάγγανον, engine (Eng. mangle), μαγγανεúω, juggle; Lat. mango, a dealer who imposes. Cf. N. mang, traffic, monger.
meang, whey; Dial. for mèag.
meangan, meanglan, a twig, Ir. meangán, beangán: *mengo-, Celtic root meg, mag, increase; see under maighdean, mac. Cf. M. Ir. maethain, sprouts.
meann, a kid, Ir. meannán, meann, W. myn, Cor. min, Br. menn: *mendo-, kid, "suckling"; Alban. mεnt, suck; O. H. G. manzon, ubera; perhaps Gr. μαζός, breast (Stokes, Strachan)
