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. grip (of tongs, pincers)
  4. bite, mouthful (of food, drink)
  5. (for animal) muzzle
    Synonyms: musal, mantóg
  6. cards cut from pack

Declension
Declension of béalóg

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) béalóga
Vocative a bhéalóg a bhéalóga
Genitive béalóige Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Dative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
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

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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
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