brannóg

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

brannóg f (genitive singular brannóige, nominative plural brannóga)

1. gudgeon (a type of fish, Gobio gobio)

   Synonym: guistiún

Declension

Declension of brannóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative brannóg brannóga Vocative a bhrannóg a bhrannóga Genitive brannóige brannóg Dative brannóg brannóig (archaic, dialectal) brannóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhrannóg na brannóga Genitive na brannóige na mbrannóg Dative leis an mbrannóg leis an mbrannóig (archaic, dialectal) don bhrannóg don bhrannóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na brannóga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
brannóg	bhrannóg	mbrannóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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