foghéag

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“under; sub-”) +‎ géag (“limb, branch”).

Noun

foghéag f (genitive singular foghéige, nominative plural foghéaga)

1. lesser branch

Declension

Declension of foghéag

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative foghéag foghéaga Vocative a fhoghéag a fhoghéaga Genitive foghéige foghéag Dative foghéag foghéig (archaic, dialectal) foghéaga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhoghéag na foghéaga Genitive na foghéige na bhfoghéag Dative leis an bhfoghéag leis an bhfoghéig (archaic, dialectal) don fhoghéag don fhoghéig (archaic, dialectal) leis na foghéaga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
foghéag	fhoghéag	bhfoghéag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.