cuileóc

Middle Irish

Etymology

Old Irish cuil +‎ -óc

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkulʲoːɡ/

Noun

cuileóc f (genitive cuileóice, nominative plural cuileóca)

1. A fly (insect)

Descendants

• Irish: cuileog
• Manx: quaillag
• Scottish Gaelic: cuileag

Mutation

Mutation of cuileóc

radical	lenition	nasalization
cuileóc	chuileóc	cuileóc pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuileóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language