bánóg

Irish

Etymology

From bán (“white”) +‎ -óg (diminutive suffix).

Noun

bánóg f (genitive singular bánóige, nominative plural bánóga)

1. white (butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae^ws)
2. (golf) fairway

Declension

Declension of bánóg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bánóg bánóga vocative a bhánóg a bhánóga genitive bánóige bánóg dative bánóg bánóig (archaic, dialectal) bánóga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhánóg na bánóga genitive na bánóige na mbánóg dative leis an mbánóg leis an mbánóig (archaic, dialectal) don bhánóg don bhánóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na bánóga

Hyponyms

• bánóg Bath (“Bath white”)
• bánóg bheag (“small white”)
• bánóg chabáiste (“garden white”)
• bánóg choille (“wood white”)
• bánóg mhór (“large white”)
• bánóg uaine (“green-veined white”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of bánóg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bánóg	bhánóg	mbánóg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.