eireog

Irish

From Middle Irish eréne (“chick, pullet”) +‎ -óg, from a derivative of Proto-Celtic *yarā (whence Welsh iâr (“hen”) and Cornish/Breton yar), perhaps originally *ɸiɸeros if related to Latin pīpiō (“to cheep”) and Sanskrit पिप्पका (pippakā, “a species of bird”)^[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic eireag.

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈeːɾʲɔɡ/, [ˈei̯ɾʲɔɡ]^[2] (corresponding to the form éireog)

eireog f (genitive singular eireoige, nominative plural eireoga)

Declension of eireog (second declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	eireog	eireoga
vocative	a eireog	a eireoga
genitive	eireoige	eireog
dative	eireog eireoig (archaic, dialectal)	eireoga

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an eireog	na heireoga
genitive	na heireoige	na n-eireog
dative	leis an eireog leis an eireoig (archaic, dialectal) don eireog don eireoig (archaic, dialectal)	leis na heireoga

Mutated forms of *eireog*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eireog	n-eireog	heireog	not applicable

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

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*yaro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 434
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 61

“eireog”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eréne, éirín(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “éireog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 285
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eireog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN