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eitleog

eitleog

Irish

Noun

eitleog f ‎(genitive singular eitleoige, nominative plural eitleoga)

short flight
flying jump, bound
flighty creature; flighty girl
(tennis) volley
kite
bat (animal)

Declension

Declension of eitleog

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	eitleog	eitleoga
Vocative	a eitleog	a eitleoga
Genitive	eitleoige	eitleog
Dative	eitleog eitleoig (archaic, dialectal)	eitleoga

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an eitleog	na heitleoga
Genitive	na heitleoige	na n-eitleog
Dative	leis an eitleog leis an eitleoig (archaic, dialectal) don eitleog don eitleoig (archaic, dialectal)	leis na heitleoga

Synonyms

(bat):

Synonyms

amadáinín
bás dorcha

eitleog leathair
ialtóg, ialtóg leathair

leadhbán leathair
leadhbóg leathair

leidhbín leathair
sciathán leathair

Derived terms

siorc eite eitleoige m ‎(“kitefin shark”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eitleog	n-eitleog	heitleog	t-eitleog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"eitleog" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.