mecal

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مجال (mecāl), from Arabic مَجَال (majāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈd͡ʒal/, (definite accusative) /me.d͡ʒaːˈli/
• Hyphenation: me‧cal

Noun

mecal (definite accusative mecali, plural mecaller)

1. power, strength to do something

   Synonyms: derman, takat, hâl, güç, kuvvet

   • 2022 December, Prof. Dr. Hayati DEVELİ, Evliya Çelebi’nin İzinde, Turing, →ISBN, page 292:

     Ne yeller esüp sen nereden bu Azak'a geldin? Yedi aydır Azak Deryası donmuşdur, kara tarafındaki Heyhat Sahrası'nda Kalmuk derdinden kuş uçmaz. Bu kışta kıyamette bizim kaleden dışarı çıkmaya mecalimiz yokken sen nereden geldin?!

     How come you came all the way to Azov? The Azov Sea has been frozen for seven months, in the Steppe of the Kipchaks on the land side not even a bird can fly because of the Kalmyk troubles. In this dead of winter when we don't even have the strength to leave the castle, where did you come from?!

2. (figuratively) mental strength, fortitude, resilience

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	mecal
Definite accusative	mecali
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mecal	mecaller
Definite accusative	mecali	mecalleri
Dative	mecale	mecallere
Locative	mecalde	mecallerde
Ablative	mecalden	mecallerden
Genitive	mecalin	mecallerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular mecalim mecallerim 2nd singular mecalin mecallerin 3rd singular mecali mecalleri 1st plural mecalimiz mecallerimiz 2nd plural mecaliniz mecalleriniz 3rd plural mecalleri mecalleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular mecalimi mecallerimi 2nd singular mecalini mecallerini 3rd singular mecalini mecallerini 1st plural mecalimizi mecallerimizi 2nd plural mecalinizi mecallerinizi 3rd plural mecallerini mecallerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular mecalime mecallerime 2nd singular mecaline mecallerine 3rd singular mecaline mecallerine 1st plural mecalimize mecallerimize 2nd plural mecalinize mecallerinize 3rd plural mecallerine mecallerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular mecalimde mecallerimde 2nd singular mecalinde mecallerinde 3rd singular mecalinde mecallerinde 1st plural mecalimizde mecallerimizde 2nd plural mecalinizde mecallerinizde 3rd plural mecallerinde mecallerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular mecalimden mecallerimden 2nd singular mecalinden mecallerinden 3rd singular mecalinden mecallerinden 1st plural mecalimizden mecallerimizden 2nd plural mecalinizden mecallerinizden 3rd plural mecallerinden mecallerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular mecalimin mecallerimin 2nd singular mecalinin mecallerinin 3rd singular mecalinin mecallerinin 1st plural mecalimizin mecallerimizin 2nd plural mecalinizin mecallerinizin 3rd plural mecallerinin mecallerinin

Derived terms

• mecali kalmamak
• mecalsiz
• mecalsiz düşmek

 

Related terms

• cevelan
• cevval

 

Further reading

• “mecal”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mecal”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3098