gairleog

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English garlek, from Old English gārlēac, modified to contain the suffix -eog.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡɑːɾˠˈlʲoːɡ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːɾˠlʲoːɡ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːɾˠlʲaɡ/

Noun

gairleog f (genitive singular gairleoige)

  1. garlic
  2. (in phrases) lump, blow, bit

Declension
Declension of gairleog

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative gairleog
Vocative a ghairleog
Genitive gairleoige
Dative gairleog

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an ghairleog
Genitive na gairleoige
Dative leis an ngairleog

don ghairleog

See also
  • ionga (gairleoige) f (“clove (of garlic)”)

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

Further reading
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