bánóg

Irish

Etymology

From bán (“white”) +‎ -óg (diminutive suffix).

Noun

bánóg f (genitive singular bánóige, nominative plural bánóga)

1. white (butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae^ws)
2. (golf) fairway

Hyponyms

• bánóg Bath (“Bath white”)
• bánóg bheag (“small white”)
• bánóg chabáiste (“garden white”)
• bánóg choille (“wood white”)
• bánóg mhór (“large white”)
• bánóg uaine (“green-veined white”)

 

Declension

Declension of bánóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bánóg bánóga Vocative a bhánóg a bhánóga Genitive bánóige bánóg Dative bánóg bánóig (archaic, dialectal) bánóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhánóg na bánóga Genitive na bánóige na mbánóg Dative leis an mbánóg leis an mbánóig (archaic, dialectal) don bhánóg don bhánóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na bánóga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bánóg	bhánóg	mbánóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.