falcóg

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

falcóg f (genitive singular falcóige, nominative plural falcóga)

1. auk (seabird)

Declension

Declension of falcóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative falcóg falcóga Vocative a fhalcóg a fhalcóga Genitive falcóige falcóg Dative falcóg falcóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhalcóg na falcóga Genitive na falcóige na bhfalcóg Dative leis an bhfalcóg don fhalcóg leis na falcóga

Derived terms

• falcóg bheag (“little auk”)
• falcóg mhór (“great auk”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
falcóg	fhalcóg	bhfalcóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.