crannóg

See also: crannog

Irish

Etymology
crannóg (sense 3)
crannóg (sense 4)
crannóg (sense 5)

From Middle Irish crannóc. By surface analysis, crann (“tree”) +‎ -óg. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic crannag.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kɾˠəˈn̪ˠoːɡ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠan̪ˠoːɡ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠan̪ˠaɡ/

Noun

crannóg f (genitive singular crannóige, nominative plural crannóga)

  1. a piece of wood
  2. any box-like wooden vessel or structure
  3. a wooden lake-dwelling, crannog
  4. (nautical) crow's nest, lookout
  5. hopper (temporary storage bin)
  6. pulpit (raised platform in church)
    Synonym: puilpid
  7. (fishing) a wooden winding frame for fishing line

Declension
Declension of crannóg

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative crannóg crannóga
Vocative a chrannóg a chrannóga
Genitive crannóige crannóg
Dative crannóg
crannóig (archaic, dialectal)		 crannóga

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chrannóg na crannóga
Genitive na crannóige na gcrannóg
Dative leis an gcrannóg
leis an gcrannóig (archaic, dialectal)

don chrannóg
don chrannóig (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na crannóga

Descendants
  • → English: crannog, crannóg, crannoge
    • Portuguese: crannog

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
crannóg chrannóg gcrannóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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