fuiseog

Irish

Fuiseog

Alternative forms

• uiseog (Ulster)
• fuiseóg (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish uiseóc; compare Manx ushag and Scottish Gaelic uiseag.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fˠəˈʃoːɡ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɪʃoːɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɪʃaɡ/ (corresponding to the form uiseog)

Noun

fuiseog f (genitive singular fuiseoige, nominative plural fuiseoga)

1. lark, skylark

Declension

Declension of fuiseog (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fuiseog fuiseoga vocative a fhuiseog a fhuiseoga genitive fuiseoige fuiseog dative fuiseog fuiseoig (archaic, dialectal) fuiseoga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fhuiseog na fuiseoga genitive na fuiseoige na bhfuiseog dative leis an bhfuiseog leis an bhfuiseoig (archaic, dialectal) don fhuiseog don fhuiseoig (archaic, dialectal) leis na fuiseoga

Derived terms

• uiseog adharcach (“horned lark”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fuiseog

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fuiseog	fhuiseog	bhfuiseog

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fuiseog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 340
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuiseog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fuiseog”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fuiseog”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024