fáinleog
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From early modern Irish áinleóg, from Middle Irish áilleóc,[1] fainleóc[2] (compare Scottish Gaelic ainleag), a diminutive of Old Irish ainnel,[3] fannall,[4] from Proto-Celtic *wesnālā (“swallow”) (compare Welsh gwennol (“swallow, martin”), Cornish guennol, Breton gwenneli), from Proto-Celtic *wesr-/wesn- (“spring”), from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fáinleog f (genitive singular fáinleoige, nominative plural fáinleoga)
- swallow (bird) Hirundo rustica
Declension[edit]
Declension of fáinleog
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fáinleog | fháinleog | bhfáinleog |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “áilleóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fainleóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ainnel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fannall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 91
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fáinleog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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