muiceoil

Irish

Alternative forms

  • muicfheoil, muicfheóil (obsolete)

Etymology

From muc (“pig”) +‎ feoil (“meat”). Compare Scottish Gaelic muicfheòil.

Pronunciation

Noun

muiceoil f (genitive singular muiceola)

  1. pork (meat of a pig)

Declension

Declension of muiceoil (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative muiceoil
vocative a mhuiceoil
genitive muiceola
dative muiceoil
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an mhuiceoil
genitive na muiceola
dative leis an muiceoil
don mhuiceoil

Derived terms

  • gríscín muiceola m (“porkchop”)
  • muiceoil ghoirt f (“salt pork”)
  • muiceoil rósta f (“roast pork”)
  • muiceoil shaillte f (“bacon”)
  • pióg mhuiceola f (“pork-pie”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of muiceoil
radical lenition eclipsis
muiceoil mhuiceoil not applicable

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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