guailleog

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

guailleog f (genitive singular guailleoige, nominative plural guailleoga)

1. epaulet(te)

Declension

Declension of guailleog

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative guailleog guailleoga Vocative a ghuailleog a ghuailleoga Genitive guailleoige guailleog Dative guailleog guailleoga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghuailleog na guailleoga Genitive na guailleoige na nguailleog Dative leis an nguailleog don ghuailleog leis na guailleoga

Mutation

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “guailleog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “guailleog”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024