sileog

Irish

Alternative forms
  • seileog
  • sileóg, seileóg (obsolete)

Etymology

From sil (“drip”) +‎ -óg, but influenced by seile (“saliva”).

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ʃəˈlʲoːɡ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈʃɪlʲoːɡ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʃɨ̞lʲaɡ/

Noun

sileog f (genitive singular sileoige, nominative plural sileoga)

  1. spit, spittle

Declension
Declension of sileog

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sileog sileoga
Vocative a shileog a shileoga
Genitive sileoige sileog
Dative sileog
sileoig (archaic, dialectal)		 sileoga

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tsileog na sileoga
Genitive na sileoige na sileog
Dative leis an tsileog
leis an tsileoig (archaic, dialectal)

don tsileog
don tsileoig (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na sileoga

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sileog shileog
after an, tsileog		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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