Irish
Etymology
From cuil + -óg.
Pronunciation
Noun
cuileog f (genitive singular cuileoige, nominative plural cuileoga)
- fly (insect)
- alternative form of calóg (“flake”)
Declension
Declension of cuileog (second declension)
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Derived terms
- cuileog dhubh
- cuileog ghlas
- cuileog thí
- cuileog thirim
- gaiste cuileog
- rian cuileoige
- sás cuileog
- smíste cuileog
Mutation
Mutated forms of cuileog
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lenition
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eclipsis
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chuileog
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gcuileog
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ “cuileog”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ “cuileog”, in Irish Pronunciation Database, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 152
- ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish][1] (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 29, page 15
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuileóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cuileog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 209
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuileog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cuileog”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cuileog”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025