Irish
Etymology
From síofra + -óg.
Noun
síofróg f (genitive singular síofróige, nominative plural síofróga)
- female fairy
Declension
Declension of síofróg (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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síofróg
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síofróga
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| vocative
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a shíofróg
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a shíofróga
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| genitive
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síofróige
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síofróg
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| dative
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síofróg
síofróig (archaic, dialectal)
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síofróga
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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 tsíofróg
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na síofróga
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| genitive
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na síofróige
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na síofróg
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| dative
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leis an tsíofróg
leis an tsíofróig (archaic, dialectal)
don tsíofróg
don tsíofróig (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na síofróga
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of síofróg
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| síofróg
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shíofróg
after an, tsíofróg
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not applicable
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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
- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “siaḃróg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1024; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “síoḋḃróg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1035; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
Further reading