bonnóg

Irish

Alternative forms

bannóg

Etymology

Possibly a reborrowing of English bannock, itself from Old Irish bannach.

Noun

bonnóg f (genitive singular bonnóige, nominative plural bonnóga)

bannock, scone
topknot
Synonym: cocán gruaige

Declension

Declension of bonnóg

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bonnóg	bonnóga
Vocative	a bhonnóg	a bhonnóga
Genitive	bonnóige	bonnóg
Dative	bonnóg	bonnóga

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bhonnóg	na bonnóga
Genitive	na bonnóige	na mbonnóg
Dative	leis an mbonnóg don bhonnóg	leis na bonnóga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bonnóg	bhonnóg	mbonnóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bonnóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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