Irish
Etymology
From corn (“horn”) + -óg (diminutive suffix).
Noun
cornóg f (genitive singular cornóige, nominative plural cornóga)
- galantine (cold meat dish)
- hornbill, Bucerotidae spp.
Declension
Declension of cornóg (second declension)
| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an chornóg
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na cornóga
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| genitive
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na cornóige
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na gcornóg
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| dative
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leis an gcornóg leis an gcornóig (archaic, dialectal) don chornóg don chornóig (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na cornóga
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Mutation
Mutated forms of cornóg
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| cornóg
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chornóg
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gcornóg
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cornóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “cornóg”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cornóg”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026