muiceoil

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Irish

Alternative forms

muicfheoil, muicfheóil (obsolete)

Etymology

From muc (“pig”) +‎ feoil (“meat”). Compare Scottish Gaelic muicfheòil.

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪcoːlʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪcɔlʲ/

Noun

muiceoil f (genitive singular muiceola)

pork (meat of a pig)

Declension

Declension of muiceoil

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case	Singular
Nominative	muiceoil
Vocative	a mhuiceoil
Genitive	muiceola
Dative	muiceoil

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an mhuiceoil
Genitive	na muiceola
Dative	leis an muiceoil don mhuiceoil

Derived terms

gríscín muiceola m (“porkchop”)
muiceoil ghoirt f (“salt pork”)
muiceoil rósta f (“roast pork”)
muiceoil shaillte f (“bacon”)
pióg mhuiceola f (“pork-pie”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
muiceoil	mhuiceoil	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muiceoil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “muiceoil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“muiceoil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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