goirteog

Irish

Alternative forms

• gortóg

Etymology

From goirt (“bitter”) +‎ -óg

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔɾˠtʲɔɡ/

Noun

goirteog f (genitive singular goirteoige, nominative plural goirteoga)

1. crabapple

   Synonym: fia-úll

Declension

Declension of goirteog (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative goirteog goirteoga vocative a ghoirteog a ghoirteoga genitive goirteoige goirteog dative goirteog goirteoig (archaic, dialectal) goirteoga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ghoirteog na goirteoga genitive na goirteoige na ngoirteog dative leis an ngoirteog leis an ngoirteoig (archaic, dialectal) don ghoirteog don ghoirteoig (archaic, dialectal) leis na goirteoga

Mutation

Mutated forms of goirteog

radical	lenition	eclipsis
goirteog	ghoirteog	ngoirteog

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. (1927) “goirteog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “goirteog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN