gairleog

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English garlek, from Old English gārlēac, modified to contain the suffix -eog.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːɾˠˈlʲoːɡ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɾʲlʲoːɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːɾˠlʲaɡ/

Noun

gairleog f (genitive singular gairleoige)

1. garlic
2. (in phrases) lump, blow, bit

Declension

Declension of gairleog

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative gairleog Vocative a ghairleog Genitive gairleoige Dative gairleog gairleoig (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an ghairleog Genitive na gairleoige Dative leis an ngairleog leis an ngairleoig (archaic, dialectal) don ghairleog don ghairleoig (archaic, dialectal)

See also

• ionga (gairleoige) f (“clove (of garlic)”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gairleog	ghairleog	ngairleog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gairleog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gáirleóg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language