bíogaíl

Irish

Alternative forms

• bíogadaíl
• víogaíl

Etymology

From bíog (“chirp”) +‎ -aíl.

Noun

bíogaíl f (genitive singular bíogaíola)

1. chirping

Declension

Declension of bíogaíl (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative bíogaíl vocative a bhíogaíl genitive bíogaíola dative bíogaíl forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bhíogaíl genitive na bíogaíola dative leis an mbíogaíl don bhíogaíl

Mutation

Mutated forms of bíogaíl

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bíogaíl	bhíogaíl	mbíogaíl

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bíogaíl”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “cheep”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “chirping”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024