bileog

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bileóc, from bile.

Noun

bileog f (genitive singular bileoige, nominative plural bileoga)

  1. (botany) leaf
    Synonym: duilleog
  2. sheet (of paper)
    Synonym: leathán
  3. handout, leaflet
    Synonyms: bileog eolais, bileog faisnéise, bileoigín, dáileán, duille, glacán bileog
  4. briefing
    Synonym: faisnéisiú
  5. (colloquial) letter of freedom (to marry)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English billhook, modified to contain the suffix -óg.

Noun

bileog f (genitive singular bileoige, nominative plural bileoga)

  1. billhook
    Synonym: corrán

Declension

Declension of bileog (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bileog bileoga
vocative a bhileog a bhileoga
genitive bileoige bileog
dative bileog
bileoig (archaic, dialectal) 		bileoga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhileog na bileoga
genitive na bileoige na mbileog
dative leis an mbileog
leis an mbileoig (archaic, dialectal)
don bhileog
don bhileoig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na bileoga

Mutation

Mutated forms of bileog
radical lenition eclipsis
bileog bhileog mbileog

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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