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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)
- epaulet(te)
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| guailleog
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ghuailleog
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nguailleog
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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