oiseoil

Irish

Alternative forms

• oisfheoil, oisfheóil (obsolete)

Etymology

From os (“deer”) +‎ feoil (“meat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛʃˌoːlʲ/, /ˈɪʃˌoːlʲ/

Noun

oiseoil f (genitive singular oiseola)

1. venison (specifically, the meat of a fawn)

Declension

Declension of oiseoil

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative oiseoil Vocative a oiseoil Genitive oiseola Dative oiseoil

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an oiseoil Genitive na hoiseola Dative leis an oiseoil don oiseoil

Related terms

• fiafheoil (“venison”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oiseoil	n-oiseoil	hoiseoil	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oiseoil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 43