donnóg

See also: Donnóg and donóg

Irish

Etymology

From donn (“brown”) +‎ -óg (diminutive noun suffix). In the sense of "chocolate snack cake", it represents a calque of English brownie.

Noun

donnóg f (genitive singular donnóige, nominative plural donnóga)

1. hedge sparrow, dunnock

   Synonym: gealbhan bruaigh

2. Synonym of donnán (“rockling; dingy skipper”)
3. brownie (type of small chocolate cake)

Declension

Declension of donnóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative donnóg donnóga Vocative a dhonnóg a dhonnóga Genitive donnóige donnóg Dative donnóg donnóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an donnóg na donnóga Genitive na donnóige na ndonnóg Dative leis an donnóg don donnóg leis na donnóga

Derived terms

• donnóg aille (“grayling”)
• donnóg an bhalla (“wall brown”)
• donnóg fhéir (“meadow brown”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
donnóg	dhonnóg	ndonnóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “donnóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “donnóg” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “donnóg” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.