mónóg

Irish

Etymology

From móin (“turf, peat; bogland, moor”) +‎ -óg (diminutive ending).

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /mˠoːˈn̪ˠoːɡ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmˠoːnˠoːɡ/, /ˈmˠuːnˠoːɡ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɔːnˠaɡ/

Noun

mónóg f (genitive singular mónóige, nominative plural mónóga)

  1. bogberry, cranberry (bush, fruit)
  2. bead, drop
    Synonym: boilgeog

Declension
Declension of mónóg

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mónóg mónóga
Vocative a mhónóg a mhónóga
Genitive mónóige mónóg
Dative mónóg mónóga

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mhónóg na mónóga
Genitive na mónóige na mónóg
Dative leis an mónóg

don mhónóg

 leis na mónóga

Synonyms
  • (bush): tom mónóg

Derived terms
  • anlann mónóg (“cranberry sauce”)
  • mónógach (“full of bogberries”, adjective)
  • sú mónóg (“cranberry juice”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mónóg mhónóg not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mónóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “cranberry”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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