Irish
Etymology
From tae (“tea”) + spúnóg (“spoon”).
Noun
taespúnóg f (genitive singular taespúnoige, nominative plural taespúnóga)
- tea-spoon
- Synonym: spúnóg bheag
Declension
Declension of taespúnóg (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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taespúnóg
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taespúnóga
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| vocative
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a thaespúnóg
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a thaespúnóga
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| genitive
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taespúnóige
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taespúnóg
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| dative
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taespúnóg taespúnóig (archaic, dialectal)
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taespúnóga
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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 taespúnóg
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na taespúnóga
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| genitive
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na taespúnóige
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na dtaespúnóg
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| dative
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leis an taespúnóg leis an taespúnóig (archaic, dialectal) don taespúnóg don taespúnóig (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na taespúnóga
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Derived terms
- lán taespúnóige m (“teaspoonful”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of taespúnóg
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| taespúnóg
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thaespúnóg
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dtaespúnóg
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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.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taespúnóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “taespúnóg”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “taespúnóg”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025