fuiseog

Irish

Fuiseog

Alternative forms

• uiseog
• fuiseóg (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish uiseóg; compare Manx ushag and Scottish Gaelic uiseag.

Noun

fuiseog f (genitive singular fuiseoige, nominative plural fuiseoga)

1. lark, skylark

Declension

Declension of fuiseog

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fuiseog fuiseoga Vocative a fhuiseog a fhuiseoga Genitive fuiseoige fuiseog Dative fuiseog fuiseoga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhuiseog na fuiseoga Genitive na fuiseoige na bhfuiseog Dative leis an bhfuiseog don fhuiseog leis na fuiseoga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fuiseog	fhuiseog	bhfuiseog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uiseóg, fuiseóg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fuiseog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 340
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuiseog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fuiseog”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fuiseog”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024