gairleog

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English garlek, from Old English gārlēac, modified to contain the suffix -eog.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːɾˠˈlʲoːɡ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɾʲlʲoːɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːɾˠlʲaɡ/

Noun

gairleog f (genitive singular gairleoige)

1. garlic
2. (in phrases) lump, blow, bit

Declension

Declension of gairleog (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative gairleog vocative a ghairleog genitive gairleoige dative gairleog gairleoig (archaic, dialectal) forms with the definite article case singular nominative an ghairleog genitive na gairleoige dative leis an ngairleog leis an ngairleoig (archaic, dialectal) don ghairleog don ghairleoig (archaic, dialectal)

See also

• ionga (gairleoige) f (“clove (of garlic)”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gairleog

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gairleog	ghairleog	ngairleog

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) “gairleog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gáirleóg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language