bollóg

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

bollóg f (genitive singular bollóige, nominative plural bollóga)

  1. loaf (of bread)
    Synonyms: bairín, builín
Derived terms
  • bollóg aráin

Etymology 2

Noun

bollóg f (genitive singular bollóige, nominative plural bollóga)

  1. alternative form of pollóg (“pollock”)

Declension

Declension of bollóg (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bollóg bollóga
vocative a bhollóg a bhollóga
genitive bollóige bollóg
dative bollóg
bollóig (archaic, dialectal) 		bollóga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhollóg na bollóga
genitive na bollóige na mbollóg
dative leis an mbollóg
leis an mbollóig (archaic, dialectal)
don bhollóg
don bhollóig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na bollóga

Mutation

Mutated forms of bollóg
radical lenition eclipsis
bollóg bhollóg mbollóg

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