donnóg

See also: Donnóg and donóg

Irish

Etymology

From donn (“brown”) +‎ -óg (diminutive noun suffix). In the sense of "chocolate snack cake", it represents a calque of English brownie.

Noun

donnóg f (genitive singular donnóige, nominative plural donnóga)

  1. hedge sparrow, dunnock
    Synonym: gealbhan bruaigh
  2. synonym of donnán (“rockling; dingy skipper”)
  3. brownie (type of small chocolate cake)

Declension

Declension of donnóg (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative donnóg donnóga
vocative a dhonnóg a dhonnóga
genitive donnóige donnóg
dative donnóg donnóga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an donnóg na donnóga
genitive na donnóige na ndonnóg
dative leis an donnóg
don donnóg 		leis na donnóga

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of donnóg
radical lenition eclipsis
donnóg dhonnóg ndonnóg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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