béalóg

Irish

Alternative forms

• (small opening, gap): béalóid f

Etymology

From béal +‎ -óg.

Noun

béalóg f (genitive singular béalóige, nominative plural béalóga)

1. small opening, gap
2. mouthpiece (part of a wind instrument)
3. grip (of tongs, pincers)
4. bite, mouthful (of food, drink)
5. (for animal) muzzle

   Synonyms: musal, mantóg

6. cards cut from pack

Declension

Declension of béalóg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative béalóg béalóga vocative a bhéalóg a bhéalóga genitive béalóige béalóg dative béalóg béalóig (archaic, dialectal) béalóga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhéalóg na béalóga genitive na béalóige na mbéalóg dative leis an mbéalóg leis an mbéalóig (archaic, dialectal) don bhéalóg don bhéalóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na béalóga

Derived terms

• ar béalóg (“front-saddle”) (of horse-riding)

Mutation

Mutated forms of béalóg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
béalóg	bhéalóg	mbéalóg

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) “béalóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “mouthpiece”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “muzzle”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024