guailleog

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Irish

Etymology

From guaille (“shoulders”) +‎ -óg (diminutive suffix), a calque of French épaulette, from épaule (“shoulder”) +‎ -ette.

Noun

guailleog f (genitive singular guailleoige, nominative plural guailleoga)

  1. epaulet(te)

Declension

Declension of guailleog (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative guailleog guailleoga
vocative a ghuailleog a ghuailleoga
genitive guailleoige guailleog
dative guailleog guailleoga
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an ghuailleog na guailleoga
genitive na guailleoige na nguailleog
dative leis an nguailleog
don ghuailleog 		leis na guailleoga

Mutation

Mutated forms of guailleog
radical lenition eclipsis
guailleog ghuailleog nguailleog

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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