bileog

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bileóc, from bile.

Noun

bileog f (genitive singular bileoige, nominative plural bileoga)

1. (botany) leaf

   Synonym: duilleog

2. sheet (of paper)

   Synonym: leathán

3. handout, leaflet

   Synonyms: bileog eolais, bileog faisnéise, bileoigín, dáileán, duille, glacán bileog

4. briefing

   Synonym: faisnéisiú

5. (colloquial) letter of freedom (to marry)

Derived terms

• bileog ama
• bileog bháite
• bileog cheangail
• bileog cheoil
• bileog eolais
• bileog faisnéise
• bileog na scór
• bileog oibre, bileog shaothair
• bileog pháipéir
• bileog shonraí
• bileog shráide
• bileog shúile
• bileog stíle, stílbhileog
• bileogach
• bileoigín
• glacán bileog
• mórbhileog

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English billhook, modified to contain the suffix -óg.

Noun

bileog f (genitive singular bileoige, nominative plural bileoga)

1. billhook

   Synonym: corrán

Declension

Declension of bileog

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bileog bileoga Vocative a bhileog a bhileoga Genitive bileoige bileog Dative bileog bileoig (archaic, dialectal) bileoga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhileog na bileoga Genitive na bileoige na mbileog Dative leis an mbileog leis an mbileoig (archaic, dialectal) don bhileog don bhileoig (archaic, dialectal) leis na bileoga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bileog	bhileog	mbileog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bileog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bileog”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bileog”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024