guailleog

Irish

Etymology

From guaille (“shoulders”) +‎ -óg (diminutive suffix), a calque of French épaulette, from épaule (“shoulder”) +‎ -ette.

Noun

guailleog f (genitive singular guailleoige, nominative plural guailleoga)

1. epaulet(te)

Declension

Declension of guailleog (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative guailleog guailleoga vocative a ghuailleog a ghuailleoga genitive guailleoige guailleog dative guailleog guailleoga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ghuailleog na guailleoga genitive na guailleoige na nguailleog dative leis an nguailleog don ghuailleog leis na guailleoga

Mutation

Mutated forms of guailleog

radical	lenition	eclipsis
guailleog	ghuailleog	nguailleog

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