faoileog

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish *faíleóc, from faílenn +‎ -óg. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic faoileag and Manx foilleig, fooilleig.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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faoileog f (genitive singular faoileoige, nominative plural faoileoga)

  1. (Ulster) gull

Declension

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Synonyms

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  • (literary standard, other dialects) faoileán

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faoileog fhaoileog bhfaoileog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8