glasóg

Irish

Etymology

From glas (“green”) +‎ -óg

Pronunciation

Noun

glasóg f (genitive singular glasóige, nominative plural glasóga)

  1. wagtail, Motacilla spp.
    1. (specifically) pied wagtail, water wagtail, M. alba yarrellii
  2. pollack, Pollachius spp.
    1. (specifically) coalfish, P. virens

Declension

Declension of glasóg (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative glasóg glasóga
vocative a ghlasóg a ghlasóga
genitive glasóige glasóg
dative glasóg
glasóig (archaic, dialectal) 		glasóga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ghlasóg na glasóga
genitive na glasóige na nglasóg
dative leis an nglasóg
leis an nglasóig (archaic, dialectal)
don ghlasóg
don ghlasóig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na glasóga

Mutation

Mutated forms of glasóg
radical lenition eclipsis
glasóg ghlasóg nglasóg

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 125

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