oiseoil

Irish

Alternative forms

oisfheoil, oisfheóil (obsolete)

Etymology

From os (“deer”) +‎ feoil (“meat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛʃˌoːlʲ/, /ˈɪʃˌoːlʲ/

Noun

oiseoil f (genitive singular oiseola)

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

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