faireog

Irish

Etymology

From faire (“watching”) +‎ -óg, in reference to the glands’ perceived function of monitoring bodily functions.

Noun

faireog f (genitive singular faireoige, nominative plural faireoga)

  1. (anatomy, botany) gland

Declension

Declension of faireog (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative faireog faireoga
vocative a fhaireog a fhaireoga
genitive faireoige faireog
dative faireog
faireoig (archaic, dialectal) 		faireoga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fhaireog na faireoga
genitive na faireoige na bhfaireog
dative leis an bhfaireog
leis an bhfaireoig (archaic, dialectal)
don fhaireog
don fhaireoig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na faireoga

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of faireog
radical lenition eclipsis
faireog fhaireog bhfaireog

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

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