pailé-

See also: païle

Irish

Alternative forms

• pailéa- (before a broad consonant)
• pailéi- (before a slender consonant)

Prefix

pailé-

1. paleo-

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with pailé-

• pailé-ointeolaíocht f (“palaeontology”)
• pailéagrafach (“palaeographic”, adjective)
• pailéagrafaí m (“palaeographer”)
• Pailéasóch (“Palaeozoic”, adjective)
• pailéicéineach (“palaeocene”, adjective)
• Pailéiliteach (“Palaeolithic”, adjective)

 

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pailé(a)-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN