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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish reilic, from Latin rēliquiae.
Pronunciation
Noun
reilig f (genitive singular reilige, nominative plural reiligí)
- cemetery, graveyard, burial ground
Declension
References
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “reilic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “reilig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “reilig”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “reilig”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 71