aibhleog

Irish

Alternative forms

• aibhle f

Etymology

Ultimately from a form of Old Irish oíbell (“a spark or flame of fire”), suffixed with -óg (diminutive).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɛvʲlʲaɡ/

Noun

aibhleog f (genitive singular aibhleoige, nominative plural aibhleoga)

1. coal (of fire), brand, ember

Declension

Declension of aibhleog (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aibhleog aibhleoga vocative a aibhleog a aibhleoga genitive aibhleoige aibhleog dative aibhleog aibhleoig (archaic, dialectal) aibhleoga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an aibhleog na haibhleoga genitive na haibhleoige na n-aibhleog dative leis an aibhleog leis an aibhleoig (archaic, dialectal) don aibhleog don aibhleoig (archaic, dialectal) leis na haibhleoga

Derived terms

• aibhleog bheo (“live coal”)
• aibhleog dhearg (“ember”)
• aibhleog dhóite (“cinder, dead coal”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aibhleog

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aibhleog	n-aibhleog	haibhleog	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aibhleog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 oíbell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language