dáileog

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

dáileog f (genitive singular dáileoige, nominative plural dáileoga)

1. dose

Declension

Declension of dáileog (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dáileog dáileoga vocative a dháileog a dháileoga genitive dáileoige dáileog dative dáileog dáileoig (archaic, dialectal) dáileoga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dáileog na dáileoga genitive na dáileoige na ndáileog dative leis an dáileog leis an dáileoig (archaic, dialectal) don dáileog don dáileoig (archaic, dialectal) leis na dáileoga

Derived terms

• dáileog mharfach (“lethal dose”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dáileog

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dáileog	dháileog	ndáileog

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) “dáileog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dáileog”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “dáileog”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025