reilig

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See also: rèilig and réilig

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish reilic, from Latin rēliquiae.

Pronunciation

Noun

reilig f (genitive singular reilige, nominative plural reiligí)

  1. cemetery, graveyard, burial ground

Declension

Declension of reilig (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative reilig reiligí
vocative a reilig a reiligí
genitive reilige reiligí
dative reilig reiligí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an reilig na reiligí
genitive na reilige na reiligí
dative leis an reilig
don reilig
leis na reiligí

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 214
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39

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