bileog

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bileóc, from bile.

Noun

bileog f (genitive singular bileoige, nominative plural bileoga)

  1. (botany) leaf
    Synonym: duilleog
  2. sheet (of paper)
    Synonym: leathán
  3. handout, leaflet
    Synonyms: bileog eolais, bileog faisnéise, bileoigín, dáileán, duille, glacán bileog
  4. briefing
    Synonym: faisnéisiú
  5. (colloquial) letter of freedom (to marry)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English billhook, modified to contain the suffix -óg.

Noun

bileog f (genitive singular bileoige, nominative plural bileoga)

  1. billhook
    Synonym: corrán

Declension
Declension of bileog

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bileog bileoga
Vocative a bhileog a bhileoga
Genitive bileoige bileog
Dative bileog
bileoig (archaic, dialectal)		 bileoga

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bhileog na bileoga
Genitive na bileoige na mbileog
Dative leis an mbileog
leis an mbileoig (archaic, dialectal)

don bhileog
don bhileoig (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na bileoga

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bileog bhileog mbileog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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