blonag

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

blonag f (genitive singular blonaige)

1. soft fat, lard
2. blubber
3. paunch, spare tyre

   Synonym: maróg

Declension

Declension of blonag

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative blonag Vocative a bhlonag Genitive blonaige Dative blonag

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an bhlonag Genitive na blonaige Dative leis an mblonag don bhlonag

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
blonag	bhlonag	mblonag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “blonag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “blonag”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “blonag”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024