reilig

See also: rèilig and réilig

Irish

Alternative forms

  • roilic
  • roilig

Etymology

From Old Irish reilic, from Latin rēliquiae.

Pronunciation

Noun

reilig f (genitive singular reilige, nominative plural reiligí)

  1. cemetery, graveyard, burial ground

Declension

References

  1. Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 214.
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39.

Further reading

  • reilic” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • "reilig" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “reilig” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “reilig” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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