feag

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fʲaɡ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /fʲɨ̞ɡ/, /fʲəɯ̯/[1]
Homophone: feadh (some pronunciations)

Etymology 1

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Noun

feag f (genitive singular feaga, nominative plural feagacha)

(botany) rush
Synonyms: luachair, blíneach
(music) reed
Synonym: geocán

Declension

Declension of feag

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	feag	feagacha
Vocative	a fheag	a fheagacha
Genitive	feaga	feagacha
Dative	feag	feagacha

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fheag	na feagacha
Genitive	na feaga	na bhfeagacha
Dative	leis an bhfeag don fheag	leis na feagacha

Alternative forms

feá

Derived terms

feag dhúbailte (“double reed”)

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42

Noun

feag f

Alternative form of eang (“track, gusset”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
feag	fheag	bhfeag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 63

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