foghéag

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“under; sub-”) +‎ géag (“limb, branch”).

Noun

foghéag f (genitive singular foghéige, nominative plural foghéaga)

  1. lesser branch

Declension

Declension of foghéag (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative foghéag foghéaga
vocative a fhoghéag a fhoghéaga
genitive foghéige foghéag
dative foghéag
foghéig (archaic, dialectal) 		foghéaga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fhoghéag na foghéaga
genitive na foghéige na bhfoghéag
dative leis an bhfoghéag
leis an bhfoghéig (archaic, dialectal)
don fhoghéag
don fhoghéig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na foghéaga

Mutation

Mutated forms of foghéag
radical lenition eclipsis
foghéag fhoghéag bhfoghéag

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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