faoileog

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish *faíleóc, from faílenn +‎ -óg. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic faoileag and Manx foilleig, fooilleig.

Pronunciation

Noun

faoileog f (genitive singular faoileoige, nominative plural faoileoga)

  1. (Ulster) gull

Declension
Declension of faoileog

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative faoileog faoileoga
Vocative a fhaoileog a fhaoileoga
Genitive faoileoige faoileog
Dative faoileog
faoileoig (archaic, dialectal)		 faoileoga

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fhaoileog na faoileoga
Genitive na faoileoige na bhfaoileog
Dative leis an bhfaoileog
leis an bhfaoileoig (archaic, dialectal)

don fhaoileog
don fhaoileoig (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na faoileoga

Synonyms
  • (literary standard, other dialects) faoileán

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faoileog fhaoileog bhfaoileog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8
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