pailé-

See also: païle

Irish

Alternative forms

• pailéa- (before a broad consonant)
• pailéi- (before a slender consonant)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”).

Prefix

pailé-

1. paleo-

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with pailé-

• pailéagrafach (“palaeographic”, adjective)
• pailéagrafaí m (“palaeographer”)
• pailéicéineach (“palaeocene”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of pailé-

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pailé-	phailé-	bpailé-

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) “pailé(a)-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pailé-”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “pailé-”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024