feag

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʲaɡ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /fʲɨ̞ɡ/, /fʲəɯ̯/[1]
  • Homophone: feadh (some pronunciations)

Etymology 1

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Noun

feag f (genitive singular feaga, nominative plural feagacha)

  1. (botany) rush
    Synonyms: luachair, blíneach
  2. (music) reed
    Synonym: geocán
Declension
Declension of feag (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative feag feagacha
vocative a fheag a fheagacha
genitive feaga feagacha
dative feag feagacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fheag na feagacha
genitive na feaga na bhfeagacha
dative leis an bhfeag
don fheag 		leis na feagacha
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

feag f

  1. alternative form of eang (“track, gusset”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of feag
radical lenition eclipsis
feag fheag bhfeag

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 63
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