fáinleog

Irish

fáinleog

Alternative forms

• áilleog, áinleog, áinle, fáinle, fáinleoigín
• áinleóg, áinnle, fáinleóg, fáinnle, fáinnleog, fáinnleóg (superseded)

Etymology

From early modern Irish áinleóg, from Middle Irish áilleóc, fainleóc (compare Scottish Gaelic ainleag), a diminutive of Old Irish ainnel, fannall, from Proto-Celtic *wesnālā (“swallow”) (compare Welsh gwennol (“swallow, martin”), Cornish guennol, Breton gwenneli), from Proto-Celtic *wesrū (“spring”), from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”). By surface analysis, fáinle +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɯːnloːɡ/ (as if spelled faoinleog)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈaːn̠ʲl̠ʲɔɡ/ (corresponding to the form áinleog)

Noun

fáinleog f (genitive singular fáinleoige, nominative plural fáinleoga)

1. swallow (bird) Hirundo rustica

Declension

Declension of fáinleog (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fáinleog fáinleoga vocative a fháinleog a fháinleoga genitive fáinleoige fáinleog dative fáinleog fáinleoig (archaic, dialectal) fáinleoga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fháinleog na fáinleoga genitive na fáinleoige na bhfáinleog dative leis an bhfáinleog leis an bhfáinleoig (archaic, dialectal) don fháinleog don fháinleoig (archaic, dialectal) leis na fáinleoga

Related terms

• fáinlearrach (“swallowtailed”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fáinleog

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fáinleog	fháinleog	bhfáinleog

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