fuinneog

Irish
fuinneog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish fuindeóc,[1] from Old Norse vindauga; modified to contain the suffix -óg.

Pronunciation
  • (Waterford) IPA(key): /fʲɪˈɲuːɡ/[2] (as if spelled finniúg)
  • (Cork) IPA(key): /fˠəˈɲoːɡ/
  • (Kerry) IPA(key): /fˠəˈn̠ʲoːɡ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɪn̠ʲoːɡ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɪn̠ʲɔɡ/, /ˈfˠɪn̠ʲaɡ/[3]

Noun

fuinneog f (genitive singular fuinneoige, nominative plural fuinneoga)

  1. window

Declension
Declension of fuinneog

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fuinneog fuinneoga
Vocative a fhuinneog a fhuinneoga
Genitive fuinneoige fuinneog
Dative fuinneog
fuinneoig (archaic, dialectal)		 fuinneoga

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fhuinneog na fuinneoga
Genitive na fuinneoige na bhfuinneog
Dative leis an bhfuinneog
leis an bhfuinneoig (archaic, dialectal)

don fhuinneog
don fhuinneoig (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na fuinneoga

Derived terms
  • cás fuinneoige (“window frame”)
  • comhla fuinneoige (“window-shutter”)
  • dallóg fuinneoige (“blind”)
  • fráma fuinneoige (“window frame”)
  • fuinneog áiléir (“attic window”)
  • fuinneog bhairr (“top-storey window”)
  • fuinneog chlúide (“recess in chimney-corner”)
  • fuinneog chomhla (“casement window”)
  • fuinneog dhaite (“stained-glass window”)
  • fuinneog dhín (“skylight”)
  • fuinneog dhormánta (“dormer window”)
  • fuinneog fhardorais (“fanlight”)
  • fuinneog Fhrancach (“French window”)
  • fuinneog laitíse (“lattice-window”)
  • fuinneog lataí (“louvred window”)
  • fuinneog mhuileatach (“lattice-window”)
  • fuinneog mhuilleanach (“mullioned windows”)
  • fuinneog phlátghloine (“plate-glass window”)
  • fuinneog shaise (“sash window”)
  • fuinneog stairiúil (“storied window”)
  • fuinneog thrasnáin (“transom window”)
  • fuinneogach (“windowed; open; holed, gaping”, adjective)
  • glantóir fuinneog (“window cleaner”)
  • gloine fuinneoige (“windowpane”)
  • gráta fuinneoige (“window grating”)
  • leac fuinneoige (“windowsill”)
  • luaidhe fuinneoige (“window leads”)
  • pána fuinneoige (“windowpane”)
  • sais fuinneoige (“window-sash”)
  • spré fuinneoige (“splay of window”)
  • tairseach fuinneoige (“windowsill”)
  • urlár fuinneoige (“windowsill”)

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

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fuindeóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: a phonetic study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 7
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8

Further reading
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