saileog

Irish

Alternative forms

• soileog, suileog
• saileóg, soileóg, suileóg (obsolete)

Etymology

From sail (“willow”) +‎ -óg; compare saileach from the same word.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɛlʲɔɡ/ (corresponding to the form soileog)

Noun

saileog f (genitive singular saileoige, nominative plural saileoga)

1. willow (any of various trees or shrubs in the genus Salix)

Declension

Declension of saileog (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative saileog saileoga vocative a shaileog a shaileoga genitive saileoige saileog dative saileog saileoig (archaic, dialectal) saileoga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tsaileog na saileoga genitive na saileoige na saileog dative leis an tsaileog leis an tsaileoig (archaic, dialectal) don tsaileog don tsaileoig (archaic, dialectal) leis na saileoga

Derived terms

• saileog dhubh

Mutation

Mutated forms of saileog

radical	lenition	eclipsis
saileog	shaileog after an, tsaileog	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

• “saileog”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saileóg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “saileog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 587
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saileog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN