Irish
Etymology
Ultimately from a form of Old Irish oíbell (“a spark or flame of fire”), suffixed with -óg (diminutive).
Pronunciation
Noun
aibhleog f (genitive singular aibhleoige, nominative plural aibhleoga)
- coal (of fire), brand, ember
Declension
Declension of aibhleog (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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aibhleog
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aibhleoga
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| vocative
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a aibhleog
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a aibhleoga
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| genitive
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aibhleoige
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aibhleog
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| dative
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aibhleog
aibhleoig (archaic, dialectal)
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aibhleoga
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an aibhleog
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na haibhleoga
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| genitive
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na haibhleoige
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na n-aibhleog
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| dative
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leis an aibhleog
leis an aibhleoig (archaic, dialectal)
don aibhleog
don aibhleoig (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na haibhleoga
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of aibhleog
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| aibhleog
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n-aibhleog
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haibhleog
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not applicable
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aibhleog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 oíbell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
