boilgeog

Irish

Alternative forms

• builgeog

Etymology

From bolg (“belly”) +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɪlʲɪɟɔɡ/

Noun

boilgeog f (genitive singular boilgeoige, nominative plural boilgeoga)

1. bubble (spherically contained volume of air or other gas)

   Synonym: bolgán

2. bead (small drop of liquid)

   Synonym: mónóg

Declension

Declension of boilgeog (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative boilgeog boilgeoga vocative a bhoilgeog a bhoilgeoga genitive boilgeoige boilgeog dative boilgeog boilgeoig (archaic, dialectal) boilgeoga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhoilgeog na boilgeoga genitive na boilgeoige na mboilgeog dative leis an mboilgeog leis an mboilgeoig (archaic, dialectal) don bhoilgeog don bhoilgeoig (archaic, dialectal) leis na boilgeoga

Mutation

Mutated forms of boilgeog

radical	lenition	eclipsis
boilgeog	bhoilgeog	mboilgeog

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “builgeog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “boilgeog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 45