duilleog

Irish

Alternative forms

• billeog (Galway)
• dilleog, billeoig (Cois Fharraige)
• bileog (Aran)

Etymology

From duille (“handout, leaflet; foliage; eyelid”) +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɪloːɡ/ (as if spelled dileog)
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɪl̠ʲoːɡʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɪl̠ʲaɡ/

Noun

duilleog f (genitive singular duilleoige, nominative plural duilleoga)

1. (botany) leaf
2. page (of a book)
3. sheet (of paper)

Declension

Declension of duilleog

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative duilleog duilleoga Vocative a dhuilleog a dhuilleoga Genitive duilleoige duilleog Dative duilleog duilleoga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an duilleog na duilleoga Genitive na duilleoige na nduilleog Dative leis an duilleog don duilleog leis na duilleoga

Derived terms

• dédhuilleog
• duilleog bháite
• duilleog Bhríde
• duilleog mhaith
• duilleog na saor
• duilleog nuachta
• duilleog tae

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
duilleog	dhuilleog	nduilleog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duilleog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “duilleog” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “duilleog” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44