goirteog

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From goirt (“bitter”) +‎ -óg

Pronunciation

Noun

goirteog f (genitive singular goirteoige, nominative plural goirteoga)

  1. crabapple
    Synonym: fia-úll

Declension

Declension of goirteog (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative goirteog goirteoga
vocative a ghoirteog a ghoirteoga
genitive goirteoige goirteog
dative goirteog
goirteoig (archaic, dialectal) 		goirteoga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ghoirteog na goirteoga
genitive na goirteoige na ngoirteog
dative leis an ngoirteog
leis an ngoirteoig (archaic, dialectal)
don ghoirteog
don ghoirteoig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na goirteoga

Mutation

Mutated forms of goirteog
radical lenition eclipsis
goirteog ghoirteog ngoirteog

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

References

  1. ^ “goirteog”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 275, page 97

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “goirteog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 561; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “goirteog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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