íoglú

Irish

Etymology

From English igloo, from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, building”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː.ɡl̪ˠuː/

Noun

íoglú m (genitive singular íoglú, nominative plural íoglúnna)

1. igloo

Declension

Declension of íoglú (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative íoglú íoglúnna vocative a íoglú a íoglúnna genitive íoglú íoglúnna dative íoglú íoglúnna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-íoglú na híoglúnna genitive an íoglú na n-íoglúnna dative leis an íoglú don íoglú leis na híoglúnna

Mutation

Mutated forms of íoglú

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
íoglú	n-íoglú	híoglú	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “íoglú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “íoglú”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “íoglú”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024