bioróg

Irish

Etymology

From bior +‎ -óg.

Noun

bioróg f (genitive singular bioróige, nominative plural bioróga)

1. pointed float on net
2. rough horsetail (Equisetum hyemale)

Declension

Declension of bioróg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bioróg bioróga vocative a bhioróg a bhioróga genitive bioróige bioróg dative bioróg bioróig (archaic, dialectal) bioróga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhioróg na bioróga genitive na bioróige na mbioróg dative leis an mbioróg leis an mbioróig (archaic, dialectal) don bhioróg don bhioróig (archaic, dialectal) leis na bioróga

Hypernyms

• eireaball capaill

Mutation

Mutated forms of bioróg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bioróg	bhioróg	mbioróg

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) “bioróg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN