duilleog
Irish
Etymology
From duille (“handout, leaflet; foliage; eyelid”) + -óg.
Pronunciation
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɪloːɡ/ (as if spelled dileog)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɪl̠ʲaɡ/
Noun
duilleog f (genitive singular duilleoige, nominative plural duilleoga)
- (botany) leaf
- page (of a book)
- sheet (of paper)
Declension
Declension of duilleog
Second declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- dédhuilleog
- duilleog bháite
- duilleog Bhríde
- duilleog mhaith
- duilleog na saor
- duilleog nuachta
- duilleog tae
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
duilleog | dhuilleog | nduilleog |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “duilleog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “duilleog” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “duilleog” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44