teangóg

Irish

Etymology

From teanga (“tongue”) +‎ -óg (diminutive suffix).

Noun

teangóg f (genitive singular teangóige, nominative plural teangóga)

1. (botany) ligule

Declension

Declension of teangóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative teangóg teangóga Vocative a theangóg a theangóga Genitive teangóige teangóg Dative teangóg teangóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an teangóg na teangóga Genitive na teangóige na dteangóg Dative leis an teangóg don teangóg leis na teangóga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
teangóg	theangóg	dteangóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teangóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN