ulóg

See also: ulog and ullóg

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

ulóg f (genitive singular ulóige, nominative plural ulóga)

1. pulley
2. (anatomy) trochlea

Declension

Declension of ulóg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ulóg ulóga vocative a ulóg a ulóga genitive ulóige ulóg dative ulóg ulóga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ulóg na hulóga genitive na hulóige na n-ulóg dative leis an ulóg don ulóg leis na hulóga

Synonyms

• (pulley): puilín
• (trochlea): tróiclé

Derived terms

• ulógach (“trochlear”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ulóg

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ulóg	n-ulóg	hulóg	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) “ulóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “pulley”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• “trochlea”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025