Contionary:meılce

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Middle Anrish

Etymology

Pre-Annerish; possibly related to mío.

Pronunciation

(Annerish) IPA: /ˈmʲelʲgʲə/ [ˈmelɪ̆ɡ̊ɘ]

  • dialectal: /ˈmʲalʲgʲə/ [ˈmjɤlɪ̆ɡ̊ɘ]
Inflection of meılce
 Ⅴ ꜰᴇᴍ.  ɴᴏᴍ. ɢᴇɴ. ᴀᴛ. ᴏᴄ.
ᴄᴏʟ.  meılce   meılegʟ  meılcıb   meılceʟ
sɢᴠ.  meıleoc   meılıceʜ  meılıcʟ  meıleoc(ʟ)
ᴘʟᴠ.  meılıcʟ  meıleoc(ɴ)  meılecaıb   meılıcʟ

Noun

meılce (runic:ᛚᛅᛁᛧᚴᛁ)

  1. (col.) The hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids; eyelashes, cilia;
  2. (by met.my) The thin skin membrane(s), covering and moving over the eye(s); eyelid(s).
  3. (cn.) An eyelash; a cilium.

ɴ.ʙ.

Exhibits an unusual mutation to n- when modified by a possessive (mu neılce, a neılce), but not aʟ and aʜ which are regular (a mheılce, an mheılce).