cuileóc

Middle Irish

Etymology

Old Irish cuil +‎ -óc

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkulʲoːɡ/

Noun

cuileóc f (genitive cuileóice, nominative plural cuileóca)

  1. A fly (insect)

Descendants

  • Irish: cuileog
  • Manx: quaillag
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuileag

Mutation

Mutation of cuileóc
radical lenition nasalization
cuileóc chuileóc cuileóc
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.