muiceoil

Irish

Alternative forms

• muicfheoil, muicfheóil (obsolete)

Etymology

From muc (“pig”) +‎ feoil (“meat”). Compare Scottish Gaelic muicfheòil.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪcoːlʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪcɔlʲ/

Noun

muiceoil f (genitive singular muiceola)

1. pork (meat of a pig)

Declension

Declension of muiceoil (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative muiceoil vocative a mhuiceoil genitive muiceola dative muiceoil forms with the definite article case singular nominative an mhuiceoil genitive na muiceola dative leis an muiceoil don mhuiceoil

Derived terms

• gríscín muiceola m (“porkchop”)
• muiceoil ghoirt f (“salt pork”)
• muiceoil rósta f (“roast pork”)
• muiceoil shaillte f (“bacon”)
• pióg mhuiceola f (“pork-pie”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of muiceoil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
muiceoil	mhuiceoil	not applicable

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