Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish *faíleóc, from faílenn +‎ -óg. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic faoileag and Manx foilleig, fooilleig.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

faoileog f (genitive singular faoileoige, nominative plural faoileoga)

  1. (Ulster) gull

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

  • (literary standard, other dialects) faoileán

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faoileog fhaoileog bhfaoileog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8