béalóg

Irish

Alternative forms
  • (small opening, gap): béalóid f

Etymology

From béal +‎ -óg.

Noun

béalóg f (genitive singular béalóige, nominative plural béalóga)

  1. small opening, gap
  2. mouthpiece (part of a wind instrument)
  3. (of tongs, pincers) grip
  4. (of food, drink) bite, mouthful
  5. (for animal) muzzle
  6. cards cut from pack

Declension
Declension of béalóg

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative béalóg béalóga
Vocative a bhéalóg a bhéalóga
Genitive béalóige béalóg
Dative béalóg
béalóig (archaic, dialectal)		 béalóga

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bhéalóg na béalóga
Genitive na béalóige na mbéalóg
Dative leis an mbéalóg
leis an mbéalóig (archaic, dialectal)

don bhéalóg
don bhéalóig (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na béalóga

Derived terms
  • ar béalóg (“front-saddle”) (of horse-riding)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
béalóg bhéalóg mbéalóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "béalóg" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “mouthpiece” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “muzzle” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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