faochóg

Irish

Etymology

From faocha +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠiːxɔɡ/, (older) /ˈfˠɯːxɔɡ/

Noun

faochóg f (genitive singular faochóige, nominative plural faochóga)

1. Synonym of faocha (“periwinkle, winkle”)

Declension

Declension of faochóg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative faochóg faochóga vocative a fhaochóg a fhaochóga genitive faochóige faochóg dative faochóg faochóig (archaic, dialectal) faochóga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fhaochóg na faochóga genitive na faochóige na bhfaochóg dative leis an bhfaochóg leis an bhfaochóig (archaic, dialectal) don fhaochóg don fhaochóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na faochóga

Mutation

Mutated forms of faochóg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
faochóg	fhaochóg	bhfaochóg

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

Further reading

• “faochóg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fáechóg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “faoċóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 297