Irish
Etymology
From faocha + -óg.
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠiːxɔɡ/, (older) /ˈfˠɯːxɔɡ/[1]
Noun
faochóg f (genitive singular faochóige, nominative plural faochóga)
- synonym of faocha (“periwinkle, winkle”)
Declension
Declension of faochóg (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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faochóg
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faochóga
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| vocative
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a fhaochóg
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a fhaochóga
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| genitive
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faochóige
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faochóg
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| dative
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faochóg
faochóig (archaic, dialectal)
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faochóga
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an fhaochóg
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na faochóga
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| genitive
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na faochóige
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na bhfaochóg
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| dative
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leis an bhfaochóg
leis an bhfaochóig (archaic, dialectal)
don fhaochóg
don fhaochóig (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na faochóga
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Mutation
Mutated forms of faochóg
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| faochóg
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fhaochóg
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bhfaochóg
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
Further reading
- “faochóg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fáechóg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “faoċóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 297
