fuinseog

Irish

Alternative forms

• fuinse, fuinseann
• fuindseog (obsolete)
• fuinnseog, fuinnseóg, fuinseóg (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish uinnius +‎ -óg, with f added because uinseog was reinterpreted as fhuinseog in lenition environments.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɪn̠ʲʃoːɡ/

Noun

fuinseog f (genitive singular fuinseoige, nominative plural fuinseoga)

1. common ash (Fraxinus excelsior)

Declension

Declension of fuinseog

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fuinseog fuinseoga Vocative a fhuinseog a fhuinseoga Genitive fuinseoige fuinseog Dative fuinseog fuinseoig (archaic, dialectal) fuinseoga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhuinseog na fuinseoga Genitive na fuinseoige na bhfuinseog Dative leis an bhfuinseog leis an bhfuinseoig (archaic, dialectal) don fhuinseog don fhuinseoig (archaic, dialectal) leis na fuinseoga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fuinseog	fhuinseog	bhfuinseog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuinseog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fuinseog”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fuinseog”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024