donnóg

See also: Donnóg and donóg

Irish

Etymology

From donn (“brown”) +‎ -óg (diminutive noun suffix). In the sense of "chocolate snack cake", it represents a calque of English brownie.

Noun

donnóg f (genitive singular donnóige, nominative plural donnóga)

1. hedge sparrow, dunnock

   Synonym: gealbhan bruaigh

2. Synonym of donnán (“rockling; dingy skipper”)
3. brownie (type of small chocolate cake)

Declension

Declension of donnóg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative donnóg donnóga vocative a dhonnóg a dhonnóga genitive donnóige donnóg dative donnóg donnóga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an donnóg na donnóga genitive na donnóige na ndonnóg dative leis an donnóg don donnóg leis na donnóga

Derived terms

• donnóg aille (“grayling”)
• donnóg an bhalla (“wall brown”)
• donnóg fhéir (“meadow brown”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of donnóg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
donnóg	dhonnóg	ndonnóg

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) “donnóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “donnóg”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “donnóg”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024