maológ

Irish

Etymology

From maol (“bald”) +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /mˠeːˈl̪ˠoːɡ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmˠiːlˠoːɡ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠiːlˠɔɡ/, (older) /ˈmˠɯːlˠɔɡ/

Noun

maológ f (genitive singular maolóige, nominative plural maológa)

  1. unsophisticated person

Declension

Declension of maológ (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative maológ maológa
vocative a mhaológ a mhaológa
genitive maolóige maológ
dative maológ
maolóig (archaic, dialectal) 		maológa
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an mhaológ na maológa
genitive na maolóige na maológ
dative leis an maológ
leis an maolóig (archaic, dialectal)
don mhaológ
don mhaolóig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na maológa

Descendants

  • → Yola: moolyogue

Mutation

Mutated forms of maológ
radical lenition eclipsis
maológ mhaológ not applicable

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), “maológ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “maológ”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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