aibhleog
Irish
Alternative forms
- aibhle f
Etymology
Ultimately from a form of Old Irish oíbell (“a spark or flame of fire”), suffixed with -óg (diminutive).
Noun
aibhleog f (genitive singular aibhleoige, nominative plural aibhleoga)
Declension
Declension of aibhleog
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- aibhleog bheo (“live coal”)
- aibhleog dhearg (“ember”)
- aibhleog dhóite (“cinder, dead coal”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aibhleog | n-aibhleog | haibhleog | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aibhleog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 oíbell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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