falcóg

Irish

Etymology

From Old Norse alka +‎ -óg.

Noun

falcóg f (genitive singular falcóige, nominative plural falcóga)

1. auk (seabird)

Declension

Declension of falcóg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative falcóg falcóga vocative a fhalcóg a fhalcóga genitive falcóige falcóg dative falcóg falcóig (archaic, dialectal) falcóga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fhalcóg na falcóga genitive na falcóige na bhfalcóg dative leis an bhfalcóg leis an bhfalcóig (archaic, dialectal) don fhalcóg don fhalcóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na falcóga

Derived terms

• falcóg bheag (“little auk”)
• falcóg mhór (“great auk”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of falcóg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
falcóg	fhalcóg	bhfalcóg

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