cuiseog

Irish

Alternative forms

• cuiseóg (obsolete)

Etymology

From cuise (“meadow grass”) +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈʃoːɡ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪʃoːɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪʃɔɡ/

Noun

cuiseog f (genitive singular cuiseoige, nominative plural cuiseoga)

1. stalk (stem or main axis of a plant)

Declension

Declension of cuiseog

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cuiseog cuiseoga Vocative a chuiseog a chuiseoga Genitive cuiseoige cuiseog Dative cuiseog cuiseoig (archaic, dialectal) cuiseoga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chuiseog na cuiseoga Genitive na cuiseoige na gcuiseog Dative leis an gcuiseog leis an gcuiseoig (archaic, dialectal) don chuiseog don chuiseoig (archaic, dialectal) leis na cuiseoga

Derived terms

• cuiseogach
• cuiseog fhionn

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cuiseog	chuiseog	gcuiseog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “cuiseog”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cuiseog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 48