sileog

Irish

Alternative forms

• seileog
• sileóg, seileóg (obsolete)

Etymology

From sil (“drip”) +‎ -óg, but influenced by seile (“saliva”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃəˈlʲoːɡ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪlʲoːɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɨ̞lʲaɡ/

Noun

sileog f (genitive singular sileoige, nominative plural sileoga)

1. spit, spittle

Declension

Declension of sileog

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative sileog sileoga Vocative a shileog a shileoga Genitive sileoige sileog Dative sileog sileoig (archaic, dialectal) sileoga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tsileog na sileoga Genitive na sileoige na sileog Dative leis an tsileog leis an tsileoig (archaic, dialectal) don tsileog don tsileoig (archaic, dialectal) leis na sileoga

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “sileog”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “seileog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seileog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sileog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 40