airneog

Irish

Etymology

From airne (“sloe”) +‎ -óg (diminutive suffix).

Noun

airneog f (genitive singular airneoige, nominative plural airneoga)

1. sloe tree, blackthorn

Declension

Declension of airneog (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative airneog airneoga vocative a airneog a airneoga genitive airneoige airneog dative airneog airneoga forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an airneog na hairneoga genitive na hairneoige na n-airneog dative leis an airneog don airneog leis na hairneoga

Synonyms

• draighean m

Mutation

Mutated forms of airneog

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
airneog	n-airneog	hairneog	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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