meathlú

Irish

Alternative forms

• meathló

Noun

meathlú m (genitive singular meathlaithe)

1. verbal noun of meathlaigh
2. decline, decay, failure, degeneration

   Synonym: meath

3. (biology) devolution

Declension

Declension of meathlú (irregular, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative meathlú vocative a mheathlú genitive meathlaithe dative meathlú forms with the definite article case singular nominative an meathlú genitive an mheathlaithe dative leis an meathlú don mheathlú

Derived terms

• meathlúchán

Mutation

Mutated forms of meathlú

radical	lenition	eclipsis
meathlú	mheathlú	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meathlú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meathlú”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “meathlú”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025