gairleog

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle English garlek, from Old English gārlēac, modified to contain the suffix -eog.

Pronunciation

Noun

gairleog f (genitive singular gairleoige)

  1. garlic
  2. (in phrases) lump, blow, bit

Declension

Declension of gairleog (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative gairleog
vocative a ghairleog
genitive gairleoige
dative gairleog
gairleoig (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an ghairleog
genitive na gairleoige
dative leis an ngairleog
leis an ngairleoig (archaic, dialectal)
don ghairleog
don ghairleoig (archaic, dialectal)

See also

  • ionga (gairleoige) f (clove (of garlic))

Mutation

Mutated forms of gairleog
radical lenition eclipsis
gairleog ghairleog ngairleog

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 122

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