tunnag

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Compare Irish tonnóg and Manx thunnag.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰun̪ˠak/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): [ˈtʰõn̪ˠak], [ˈtʰʊ̃n̪ˠak][1]

Noun

tunnag f (genitive singular tunnaige, plural tunnagan)

  1. duck

Declension

Declension of tunnag (class IIa feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative tunnag tunnagan
genitive tunnaige, tunnaig thunnag
dative tunnaig tunnagan; tunnagaibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) tunnag (na) tunnagan
genitive (na) tunnaige, tunnaig (nan) tunnag
dative (an) tunnaig (na) tunnagan; tunnagaibh✝
vocative thunnag thunnaga

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Mutation

Mutation of tunnag
radical lenition
tunnag thunnag

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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