saileog

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From sail (“willow”) +‎ -óg; compare saileach from the same word.

Pronunciation

Noun

saileog f (genitive singular saileoige, nominative plural saileoga)

  1. willow (any of various trees or shrubs in the genus Salix)

Declension

Declension of saileog (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative saileog saileoga
vocative a shaileog a shaileoga
genitive saileoige saileog
dative saileog
saileoig (archaic, dialectal) 		saileoga
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tsaileog na saileoga
genitive na saileoige na saileog
dative leis an tsaileog
leis an tsaileoig (archaic, dialectal)
don tsaileog
don tsaileoig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na saileoga

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of saileog
radical lenition eclipsis
saileog shaileog
after an, tsaileog 		not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36

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