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meitheal.

group of people employed in the same agricultural work (e.g. making hay, cutting turf)

8 characters2 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmʲehəlˠ//ˈmʲɛhəlˠ/
  1. group of people employed in the same agricultural work (e.g. making hay, cutting turf)

    feminine · masculine
  2. band of reapers

    especially · feminine · masculine
  3. work party, gang (company of laborers)

    feminine · masculine
  4. contingent (quota of troops)

    feminine · masculine
  5. team (group of people)

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish methel, from Proto-Celtic *metelā (“troop of reapers”) (whence also Welsh medel (“reaping party”)), from the root of *meteti (“to reap, cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *met- (“to cut, reap”) (compare Latin metō, Czech and Polish motyka (“hoe”), English mattock.

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