meilleog

meilleog

Irish

Alternative forms

• meilleóg (obsolete)

Etymology

From meille (“flabby, loose skin”) +‎ -óg

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mʲəˈl̠ʲoːɡ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɛl̠ʲoːɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɛl̠ʲɔɡ/

Noun

meilleog f (genitive singular meilleoige, nominative plural meilleoga)

1. roll (of fat or skin)
2. wattle (loose hanging skin)

   Synonym: sprochaille

Declension

Declension of meilleog

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative meilleog meilleoga Vocative a mheilleog a mheilleoga Genitive meilleoige meilleog Dative meilleog meilleoig (archaic, dialectal) meilleoga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mheilleog na meilleoga Genitive na meilleoige na meilleog Dative leis an meilleog leis an meilleoig (archaic, dialectal) don mheilleog don mheilleoig (archaic, dialectal) leis na meilleoga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
meilleog	mheilleog	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “meilleog” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• "meilleog" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34