cuileog

Irish

Alternative forms

• cuileóg (obsolete)

Etymology

From cuil +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈlʲoːɡ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkilʲoːɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌlʲaɡ/

Noun

cuileog f (genitive singular cuileoige, nominative plural cuileoga)

1. fly (insect)
2. Alternative form of calóg (“flake”)

Declension

Declension of cuileog (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cuileog cuileoga vocative a chuileog a chuileoga genitive cuileoige cuileog dative cuileog cuileoga forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an chuileog na cuileoga genitive na cuileoige na gcuileog dative leis an gcuileog don chuileog leis na cuileoga

Derived terms

• cuileog dhubh
• cuileog ghlas
• cuileog thí
• cuileog thirim
• gaiste cuileog
• rian cuileoige
• sás cuileog
• smíste cuileog

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuileog

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cuileog	chuileog	gcuileog

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuileóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cuileog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 209
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuileog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cuileog”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cuileog”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025