bileog

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bileóc, from bile.

Noun

bileog f (genitive singular bileoige, nominative plural bileoga)

1. (botany) leaf

   Synonym: duilleog

2. sheet (of paper)

   Synonym: leathán

3. handout, leaflet

   Synonyms: bileog eolais, bileog faisnéise, bileoigín, dáileán, duille, glacán bileog

4. briefing

   Synonym: faisnéisiú

5. (colloquial) letter of freedom (to marry)

Derived terms

• bileog ama
• bileog bháite
• bileog cheangail
• bileog cheoil
• bileog eolais
• bileog faisnéise
• bileog na scór
• bileog oibre, bileog shaothair
• bileog pháipéir
• bileog shonraí
• bileog shráide
• bileog shúile
• bileog stíle, stílbhileog
• bileogach
• bileoigín
• glacán bileog
• mórbhileog

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English billhook, modified to contain the suffix -óg.

Noun

bileog f (genitive singular bileoige, nominative plural bileoga)

1. billhook

   Synonym: corrán

Declension

Declension of bileog (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bileog bileoga vocative a bhileog a bhileoga genitive bileoige bileog dative bileog bileoig (archaic, dialectal) bileoga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhileog na bileoga genitive na bileoige na mbileog dative leis an mbileog leis an mbileoig (archaic, dialectal) don bhileog don bhileoig (archaic, dialectal) leis na bileoga

Mutation

Mutated forms of bileog

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bileog	bhileog	mbileog

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