meilleog

Irish

Alternative forms
  • meilleóg (obsolete)

Etymology

From meille (“flabby, loose skin”) +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /mʲəˈl̠ʲoːɡ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmʲɛl̠ʲoːɡ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmʲɛl̠ʲɔɡ/

Noun

meilleog f (genitive singular meilleoige, nominative plural meilleoga)

  1. roll (of fat or skin)
  2. wattle (loose hanging skin)
    Synonym: sprochaille

Declension
Declension of meilleog

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative meilleog meilleoga
Vocative a mheilleog a mheilleoga
Genitive meilleoige meilleog
Dative meilleog
meilleoig (archaic, dialectal)		 meilleoga

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mheilleog na meilleoga
Genitive na meilleoige na meilleog
Dative leis an meilleog
leis an meilleoig (archaic, dialectal)

don mheilleog
don mheilleoig (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na meilleoga

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
meilleog mheilleog not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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