cearc fhraoigh

Irish

Noun

cearc fhraoigh f (genitive singular circe fraoigh, nominative plural cearca fraoigh)

1. female red grouse

Declension

Declension of cearc fhraoigh

Second declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cearc fhraoigh cearca fraoigh Vocative a chearc fhraoigh a chearca fraoigh Genitive circe fraoigh cearc fraoigh Dative cearc fhraoigh circ fhraoigh (archaic, dialectal) cearca fraoigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an chearc fhraoigh na cearca fraoigh Genitive na circe fraoigh na gcearc fraoigh Dative leis an gcearc fhraoigh leis an gcirc fhraoigh (archaic, dialectal) don chearc fhraoigh don chirc fhraoigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na cearca fraoigh

Coordinate terms

• (sex): coileach fraoigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cearc fhraoigh	chearc fhraoigh	gcearc fhraoigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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