guailleog

Irish

Etymology

From guaille (“shoulders”) +‎ -óg (diminutive suffix), a calque of French épaulette, from épaule (“shoulder”) +‎ -ette.

Noun

guailleog f (genitive singular guailleoige, nominative plural guailleoga)

  1. epaulet(te)

Declension
Declension of guailleog

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative guailleog guailleoga
Vocative a ghuailleog a ghuailleoga
Genitive guailleoige guailleog
Dative guailleog guailleoga

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ghuailleog na guailleoga
Genitive na guailleoige na nguailleog
Dative leis an nguailleog

don ghuailleog

 leis na guailleoga

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
guailleog ghuailleog nguailleog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “guailleog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “guailleog” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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