Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From sail (willow) +‎ -óg; compare saileach from the same word.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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saileog f (genitive singular saileoige, nominative plural saileoga)

  1. willow (any of various trees or shrubs in the genus Salix)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
saileog shaileog
after an, tsaileog
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36

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