goirteog

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From goirt (“bitter”) +‎ -óg

Pronunciation

Noun

goirteog f (genitive singular goirteoige, nominative plural goirteoga)

  1. crabapple
    Synonym: fia-úll

Declension
Declension of goirteog

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative goirteog goirteoga
Vocative a ghoirteog a ghoirteoga
Genitive goirteoige goirteog
Dative goirteog
goirteoig (archaic, dialectal)		 goirteoga

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ghoirteog na goirteoga
Genitive na goirteoige na ngoirteog
Dative leis an ngoirteog
leis an ngoirteoig (archaic, dialectal)

don ghoirteog
don ghoirteoig (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na goirteoga

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

References
  1. “goirteog”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97

Further reading
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