faochóg

Irish

Etymology

From faocha +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠiːxɔɡ/, (older) /ˈfˠɯːxɔɡ/

Noun

faochóg f (genitive singular faochóige, nominative plural faochóga)

1. Synonym of faocha (“periwinkle, winkle”)

Declension

Declension of faochóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative faochóg faochóga Vocative a fhaochóg a fhaochóga Genitive faochóige faochóg Dative faochóg faochóig (archaic, dialectal) faochóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhaochóg na faochóga Genitive na faochóige na bhfaochóg Dative leis an bhfaochóg leis an bhfaochóig (archaic, dialectal) don fhaochóg don fhaochóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na faochóga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
faochóg	fhaochóg	bhfaochóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “faochóg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fáechóg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “faoċóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 297