aoileach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish aílech, related to synonymous Old Irish aíledu.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈiːlʲəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈiːlʲa(x)/

Noun

aoileach m (genitive singular aoiligh)

1. dung, farmyard manure

Declension

Declension of aoileach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aoileach Vocative a aoiligh Genitive aoiligh Dative aoileach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-aoileach Genitive an aoiligh Dative leis an aoileach don aoileach

Derived terms

• carn aoiligh (“midden, dung hill”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aoileach	n-aoileach	haoileach	t-aoileach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aoileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “aoileach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 48
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 70