mónóg

Irish

Etymology

From móin (“turf, peat; bogland, moor”) +‎ -óg (diminutive ending).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠoːˈn̪ˠoːɡ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠoːnˠoːɡ/, /ˈmˠuːnˠoːɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɔːnˠaɡ/

Noun

mónóg f (genitive singular mónóige, nominative plural mónóga)

1. bogberry, cranberry (bush, fruit)
2. bead, drop

   Synonym: boilgeog

Declension

Declension of mónóg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative mónóg mónóga vocative a mhónóg a mhónóga genitive mónóige mónóg dative mónóg mónóga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mhónóg na mónóga genitive na mónóige na mónóg dative leis an mónóg don mhónóg leis na mónóga

Synonyms

• (bush): tom mónóg

Derived terms

• anlann mónóg (“cranberry sauce”)
• mónógach (“full of bogberries”, adjective)
• sú mónóg (“cranberry juice”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mónóg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mónóg	mhónóg	not applicable

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) “mónóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “cranberry”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025