geabhróg

Irish

geabhróg

Etymology

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Noun

geabhróg f (genitive singular geabhróige, nominative plural geabhróga)

1. common tern, taring (Sterna hirundo)

   Synonym: scréachóg thrá

Declension

Declension of geabhróg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative geabhróg geabhróga vocative a gheabhróg a gheabhróga genitive geabhróige geabhróg dative geabhróg geabhróga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gheabhróg na geabhróga genitive na geabhróige na ngeabhróg dative leis an ngeabhróg don gheabhróg leis na geabhróga

Derived terms

• geabhróg Artach (“Arctic tern”)
• geabhróg bheag (“little tern”)
• geabhróg dhubh (“black tern”)
• geabhróg rósach (“roseate tern, rosy tern”)
• geabhróg scothdhubh (“sandwich tern”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of geabhróg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
geabhróg	gheabhróg	ngeabhróg

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