eireog
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish eréne (“chick, pullet”) + -óg, from a derivative of Proto-Celtic *yarā (whence Welsh iâr (“hen”) and Cornish/Breton yar), perhaps originally *ɸiɸeros if related to Latin pīpiō (“to cheep”) and Sanskrit पिप्पका (pippakā, “a species of bird”)[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic eireag.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
eireog f (genitive singular eireoige, nominative plural eireoga)
Declension[edit]
Declension of eireog
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
eireog | n-eireog | heireog | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*yaro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 434
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 61
Further reading[edit]
- “eireog”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “eréne, éirín(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “éireog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 285
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eireog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN