cuileóc

Middle Irish

Etymology

Old Irish cuil +‎ -óc

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkulʲoːɡ/

Noun

cuileóc f (genitive cuileóice, nominative plural cuileóca)

1. A fly (insect)

Descendants

• Irish: cuileog
• Manx: quaillag
• Scottish Gaelic: cuileag

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cuileóc	chuileóc	cuileóc pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuileóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language