féasóg

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish fésóc, from fés (“lip; body hair”).[1] By surface analysis, féas +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /fʲiːa̯ˈsˠoːɡ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈfʲɪsˠoːɡ/, /ˈfʲiːsˠoːɡ/[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲeːsˠɔɡ/, [ˈfʲɛə̯sˠɔɡ][3]

Noun

féasóg f (genitive singular féasóige, nominative plural féasóga)

  1. beard
    Synonyms: meigeall, ulcha

Declension
Declension of féasóg

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative féasóg féasóga
Vocative a fhéasóg a fhéasóga
Genitive féasóige féasóg
Dative féasóg
féasóig (archaic, dialectal)		 féasóga

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fhéasóg na féasóga
Genitive na féasóige na bhféasóg
Dative leis an bhféasóg
leis an bhféasóig (archaic, dialectal)

don fhéasóg
don fhéasóig (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na féasóga

Derived terms
  • bruth féasóige
  • buta féasóige
  • cab féasóige
  • caibín féasóige
  • clipe féasóige
  • cluimhreach féasóige
  • coinleach féasóige
  • corrán féasóige
  • féasógach
  • giobarsach féasóige
  • guaireach féasóige
  • ribe féasóige

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

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fésóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 112
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 155, page 60

Further reading
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