cearc fhraoigh

Irish

Etymology

Possibly a calque of English moorhen.

Pronunciation

Noun

cearc fhraoigh f (genitive singular circe fraoigh, nominative plural cearca fraoigh)

  1. moorhen (female red grouse)

Declension
Declension of cearc fhraoigh

Second declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cearc fhraoigh cearca fraoigh
Vocative a chearc fhraoigh a chearca fraoigh
Genitive circe fraoigh cearc fraoigh
Dative cearc fhraoigh
circ fhraoigh (archaic, dialectal)		 cearca fraoigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chearc fhraoigh na cearca fraoigh
Genitive na circe fraoigh na gcearc fraoigh
Dative leis an gcearc fhraoigh
leis an gcirc fhraoigh (archaic, dialectal)

don chearc fhraoigh
don chirc fhraoigh (archaic, dialectal)		 leis na cearca fraoigh

Coordinate terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cearc fhraoigh chearc fhraoigh gcearc fhraoigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 96

Further reading
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