pailé-

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See also: païle

Irish

Alternative forms

pailéa- (before a broad consonant)
pailéi- (before a slender consonant)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”).

Prefix

pailé-

paleo-

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with pailé-

pailéibhithgheografaíocht

pailé-éiceolaíocht

pailéigeografaíocht

pailéigeoifisic

pailéagrafaíocht

pailéa-luibheolaíocht

pailé-ointeolaíocht

pailéiteicniúil

pailéiteirmiméadracht

pailé-zóeolaíocht

pailéagrafach (“palaeographic”, adjective)
pailéagrafaí m (“palaeographer”)
pailéicéineach (“palaeocene”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *pailé-*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
pailé-	phailé-	bpailé-

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

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pailé(a)-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pailé-”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“pailé-”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

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