fídeog

See also: fideog

Irish

Alternative forms

  • fídeóg (obsolete)

Etymology

From fíd (“small portion (as of food)”) +‎ -óg.[1] Compare bídeog (“tiny thing”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fídeog f (genitive singular fídeoige, nominative plural fídeoga)

  1. peg, nip (small amount of an alcoholic beverage)

Declension

Declension of fídeog (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fídeog fídeoga
vocative a fhídeog a fhídeoga
genitive fídeoige fídeog
dative fídeog
fídeoig (archaic, dialectal) 		fídeoga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fhídeog na fídeoga
genitive na fídeoige na bhfídeog
dative leis an bhfídeog
leis an bhfídeoig (archaic, dialectal)
don fhídeog
don fhídeoig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na fídeoga

Mutation

Mutated forms of fídeog
radical lenition eclipsis
fídeog fhídeog bhfídeog

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

References

  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “fíd”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 453; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 204

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