dallóg

Irish

Etymology

From dall +‎ -óg.

Noun

dallóg f (genitive singular dallóige, nominative plural dallóga)

1. blindfold
2. blind (window covering)
3. Used for small blind creatures. (See Derived terms.)

Declension

Declension of dallóg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dallóg dallóga vocative a dhallóg a dhallóga genitive dallóige dallóg dative dallóg dallóig (archaic, dialectal) dallóga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dallóg na dallóga genitive na dallóige na ndallóg dative leis an dallóg leis an dallóig (archaic, dialectal) don dallóg don dallóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na dallóga

Derived terms

• dallóg fhéir (“dormouse”)
• dallóg fhraoigh (“pygmy shrew”)
• dallóg lataí (“Venetian blind”)
• dallóg rolláin (“roller blind”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dallóg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dallóg	dhallóg	ndallóg

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