reilig

See also: rèilig and réilig

Irish

Alternative forms

  • roilic, roilig

Etymology

From Old Irish reilic, from Late Latin reliquia.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

reilig f (genitive singular reilige, nominative plural reiligí)

  1. cemetery, graveyard, burial ground

Declension

Declension of reilig (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative reilig reiligí
vocative a reilig a reiligí
genitive reilige reiligí
dative reilig reiligí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an reilig na reiligí
genitive na reilige na reiligí
dative leis an reilig
don reilig 		leis na reiligí

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “reilic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 36, page 71
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 214
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 98, page 39

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