eireog

Irish

Alternative forms

  • eileog, éileog, éilín, éireog, eirín, éirín

Etymology

From Middle Irish eréne (chick, pullet) + -óg, from a derivative of Proto-Celtic *yarā (whence Welsh iâr (hen) and Cornish/Breton yar), perhaps originally *ɸiɸeros if related to Latin pīpiō (to cheep) and Sanskrit पिप्पका (pippakā, a species of bird)[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic eireag.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈeːɾʲɔɡ/, [ˈei̯ɾʲɔɡ][2] (corresponding to the form éireog)

Noun

eireog f (genitive singular eireoige, nominative plural eireoga)

  1. chick, pullet

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
eireog n-eireog heireog not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*yaro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 434
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 61

Further reading

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