aoileach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish aílech, related to synonymous Old Irish aíledu.

Pronunciation

Noun

aoileach m (genitive singular aoiligh)

  1. dung, farmyard manure

Declension

Declension of aoileach (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative aoileach
vocative a aoiligh
genitive aoiligh
dative aoileach
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-aoileach
genitive an aoiligh
dative leis an aoileach
don aoileach

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of aoileach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aoileach n-aoileach haoileach t-aoileach

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 135, page 70
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 124, page 48

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aoileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “aoileach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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