bollóg

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

bollóg f (genitive singular bollóige, nominative plural bollóga)

1. loaf (of bread)

   Synonyms: bairín, builín

Derived terms

• bollóg aráin

Etymology 2

Noun

bollóg f (genitive singular bollóige, nominative plural bollóga)

1. Alternative form of pollóg (“pollock”)

Declension

Declension of bollóg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bollóg bollóga vocative a bhollóg a bhollóga genitive bollóige bollóg dative bollóg bollóig (archaic, dialectal) bollóga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhollóg na bollóga genitive na bollóige na mbollóg dative leis an mbollóg leis an mbollóig (archaic, dialectal) don bhollóg don bhollóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na bollóga

Mutation

Mutated forms of bollóg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bollóg	bhollóg	mbollóg

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