guailleog

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Irish

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Etymology

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From guaille (shoulders) +‎ -óg (diminutive suffix), a calque of French épaulette, from épaule (shoulder) +‎ -ette.

Noun

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guailleog f (genitive singular guailleoige, nominative plural guailleoga)

  1. epaulet(te)

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
guailleog ghuailleog nguailleog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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