reilig

See also: rèilig and réilig

Irish

Alternative forms
  • roilic
  • roilig

Etymology

From Old Irish reilic, from Latin rēliquiae.

Pronunciation

Noun

reilig f (genitive singular reilige, nominative plural reiligí)

  1. cemetery, graveyard, burial ground

Declension
Declension of reilig

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative reilig reiligí
Vocative a reilig a reiligí
Genitive reilige reiligí
Dative reilig reiligí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an reilig na reiligí
Genitive na reilige na reiligí
Dative leis an reilig

don reilig

 leis na reiligí

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 214.
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39.

Further reading
  • “reilic” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • "reilig" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “reilig” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “reilig” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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