meilleog

Irish

Alternative forms

• meilleóg (obsolete)

Etymology

From meille (“flabby, loose skin”) +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mʲəˈl̠ʲoːɡ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɛl̠ʲoːɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɛl̠ʲɔɡ/

Noun

meilleog f (genitive singular meilleoige, nominative plural meilleoga)

1. roll (of fat or skin)
2. wattle (loose hanging skin)

   Synonym: sprochaille

Declension

Declension of meilleog (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative meilleog meilleoga vocative a mheilleog a mheilleoga genitive meilleoige meilleog dative meilleog meilleoig (archaic, dialectal) meilleoga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mheilleog na meilleoga genitive na meilleoige na meilleog dative leis an meilleog leis an meilleoig (archaic, dialectal) don mheilleog don mheilleoig (archaic, dialectal) leis na meilleoga

Mutation

Mutated forms of meilleog

radical	lenition	eclipsis
meilleog	mheilleog	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “meilleog”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meilleog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34