brannóg

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

brannóg f (genitive singular brannóige, nominative plural brannóga)

1. gudgeon (a type of fish, Gobio gobio)

   Synonym: guistiún

Declension

Declension of brannóg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative brannóg brannóga vocative a bhrannóg a bhrannóga genitive brannóige brannóg dative brannóg brannóig (archaic, dialectal) brannóga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhrannóg na brannóga genitive na brannóige na mbrannóg dative leis an mbrannóg leis an mbrannóig (archaic, dialectal) don bhrannóg don bhrannóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na brannóga

Mutation

Mutated forms of brannóg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
brannóg	bhrannóg	mbrannóg

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