donnóg
Irish
Etymology
From donn (“brown”) + -óg (diminutive noun suffix). In the sense of "chocolate snack cake", it represents a calque of English brownie.
Noun
donnóg f (genitive singular donnóige, nominative plural donnóga)
- hedge sparrow, dunnock
- Synonym: gealbhan bruaigh
- Synonym of donnán (“rockling; dingy skipper”)
- brownie (type of small chocolate cake)
Declension
Declension of donnóg
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- donnóg aille (“grayling”)
- donnóg an bhalla (“wall brown”)
- donnóg fhéir (“meadow brown”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| donnóg | dhonnóg | ndonnóg |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “donnóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “donnóg” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “donnóg” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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