reilig

See also: rèilig and réilig

Irish

Alternative forms

  • roilic, roilig

Etymology

From Old Irish reilic, from Latin rēliquiae.

Pronunciation

Noun

reilig f (genitive singular reilige, nominative plural reiligí)

  1. cemetery, graveyard, burial ground

Declension

References

  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 214
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39

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