meilleog
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From meille (“flabby, loose skin”) + -óg.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
meilleog f (genitive singular meilleoige, nominative plural meilleoga)
- roll (of fat or skin)
- wattle (loose hanging skin)
- Synonym: sprochaille
Declension edit
Declension of meilleog
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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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 edit
- “meilleog”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meilleog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34