duilleog

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From duille (“handout, leaflet; foliage; eyelid”) +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

  • (Kerry) IPA(key): /bʲ(ə)ˈlʲoːɡ/[3] (corresponding to the form billeog)
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɪloːɡ/ (as if spelled dileog)
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɪl̠ʲoːɡʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɪl̠ʲaɡ/[4]

Noun

duilleog f (genitive singular duilleoige, nominative plural duilleoga)

  1. (botany) leaf
  2. page (of a book)
  3. sheet (of paper)

Declension

Declension of duilleog (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative duilleog duilleoga
vocative a dhuilleog a dhuilleoga
genitive duilleoige duilleog
dative duilleog duilleoga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an duilleog na duilleoga
genitive na duilleoige na nduilleog
dative leis an duilleog
don duilleog 		leis na duilleoga

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of duilleog
radical lenition eclipsis
duilleog dhuilleog nduilleog

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

References

  1. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1985) Foirisiún Focal as Gaillimh [Collection of Words from Galway] (in Irish), Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann [Royal Irish Academy], page 21
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1985) Foirisiún Focal as Gaillimh [Collection of Words from Galway] (in Irish), Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann [Royal Irish Academy], page 80
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 279, page 138
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 110, page 44

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