mónóg

Irish

Etymology

From móin (“turf, peat; bogland, moor”) +‎ -óg (diminutive ending).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /mˠoːˈn̪ˠoːɡ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmˠoːnˠoːɡ/, /ˈmˠuːnˠoːɡ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɔːnˠaɡ/

Noun

mónóg f (genitive singular mónóige, nominative plural mónóga)

  1. bogberry, cranberry (bush, fruit)
    Synonym: mónadán
  2. bead, drop
    Synonym: boilgeog

Declension

Declension of mónóg (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative mónóg mónóga
vocative a mhónóg a mhónóga
genitive mónóige mónóg
dative mónóg mónóga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an mhónóg na mónóga
genitive na mónóige na mónóg
dative leis an mónóg
don mhónóg 		leis na mónóga

Synonyms

  • (bush): tom mónóg

Derived terms

  • anlann mónóg (“cranberry sauce”)
  • mónógach (“full of bogberries”, adjective)
  • sú mónóg (“cranberry juice”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mónóg
radical lenition eclipsis
mónóg mhónóg not applicable

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mónóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “cranberry”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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