béalóg

Irish

Alternative forms

  • (small opening, gap): béalóid f

Etymology

From béal +‎ -óg.

Noun

béalóg f (genitive singular béalóige, nominative plural béalóga)

  1. small opening, gap
  2. mouthpiece (part of a wind instrument)
  3. grip (of tongs, pincers)
  4. bite, mouthful (of food, drink)
  5. (for animal) muzzle
    Synonyms: musal, mantóg
  6. cards cut from pack

Declension

Declension of béalóg (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative béalóg béalóga
vocative a bhéalóg a bhéalóga
genitive béalóige béalóg
dative béalóg
béalóig (archaic, dialectal) 		béalóga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhéalóg na béalóga
genitive na béalóige na mbéalóg
dative leis an mbéalóg
leis an mbéalóig (archaic, dialectal)
don bhéalóg
don bhéalóig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na béalóga

Derived terms

  • ar béalóg (“front-saddle”) (of horse-riding)

Mutation

Mutated forms of béalóg
radical lenition eclipsis
béalóg bhéalóg mbéalóg

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) “béalóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “mouthpiece”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “muzzle”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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