béalóg

Irish

Alternative forms

• (small opening, gap): béalóid f

Etymology

From béal +‎ -óg.

Noun

béalóg f (genitive singular béalóige, nominative plural béalóga)

1. small opening, gap
2. mouthpiece (part of a wind instrument)
3. (of tongs, pincers) grip
4. (of food, drink) bite, mouthful
5. (for animal) muzzle
6. cards cut from pack

Declension

Declension of béalóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative béalóg béalóga Vocative a bhéalóg a bhéalóga Genitive béalóige béalóg Dative béalóg béalóig (archaic, dialectal) béalóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhéalóg na béalóga Genitive na béalóige na mbéalóg Dative leis an mbéalóg leis an mbéalóig (archaic, dialectal) don bhéalóg don bhéalóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na béalóga

Derived terms

• ar béalóg (“front-saddle”) (of horse-riding)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
béalóg	bhéalóg	mbéalóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béalóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “mouthpiece”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “muzzle”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024