faireog

Irish

Etymology

From faire (“watching”) +‎ -óg, in reference to the glands’ perceived function of monitoring bodily functions.

Noun

faireog f (genitive singular faireoige, nominative plural faireoga)

1. (anatomy, botany) gland

Declension

Declension of faireog (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative faireog faireoga vocative a fhaireog a fhaireoga genitive faireoige faireog dative faireog faireoig (archaic, dialectal) faireoga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fhaireog na faireoga genitive na faireoige na bhfaireog dative leis an bhfaireog leis an bhfaireoig (archaic, dialectal) don fhaireog don fhaireoig (archaic, dialectal) leis na faireoga

Derived terms

• faireog aidréineach
• faireog allais
• faireog bhainne
• faireog Cowper
• faireog dheorach
• faireog gheireach
• faireog inchríneach
• faireog limfe
• faireog mhamach
• faireog mheala
• faireog nimhe
• faireog osduánach
• faireog pharaitíoróideach
• faireog pharóitideach
• faireog phinéalach
• faireog phiotútach
• faireog phróstatach
• faireog sheileach
• faireog thímis
• faireog thíoróideach
• fiabhras faireoige

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of faireog

radical	lenition	eclipsis
faireog	fhaireog	bhfaireog

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