faoileog

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish *faíleóc, from faílenn +‎ -óg. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic faoileag and Manx foilleig, fooilleig.

Pronunciation

Noun

faoileog f (genitive singular faoileoige, nominative plural faoileoga)

  1. (Ulster) gull

Declension

Declension of faoileog (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative faoileog faoileoga
vocative a fhaoileog a fhaoileoga
genitive faoileoige faoileog
dative faoileog
faoileoig (archaic, dialectal) 		faoileoga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fhaoileog na faoileoga
genitive na faoileoige na bhfaoileog
dative leis an bhfaoileog
leis an bhfaoileoig (archaic, dialectal)
don fhaoileog
don fhaoileoig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na faoileoga

Synonyms

  • (literary standard, other dialects) faoileán

Mutation

Mutated forms of faoileog
radical lenition eclipsis
faoileog fhaoileog bhfaoileog

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8
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