saileog

saileog

Irish

Alternative forms

• soileog, suileog
• saileóg, soileóg, suileóg (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɛlʲɔɡ/[1] (corresponding to the form soileog)

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

• saileog dhubh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
saileog	shaileog after an, tsaileog	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “saileog” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “saileóg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “saileog” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 587.
• "saileog" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

References

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