fearnóg

Irish

Alternative forms

  • fernocc, fernog (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish fern + -óg (compare Scottish Gaelic feàrna, Manx farney), from Proto-Celtic *wernā (compare Welsh gwern).

Noun

fearnóg f (genitive singular fearnóige, nominative plural fearnóga)

  1. alder tree

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fearnóg fhearnóg bhfearnóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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