bonnóg

Irish

Alternative forms

• bannóg

Etymology

Possibly a reborrowing of English bannock, itself from Old Irish bannach.

Noun

bonnóg f (genitive singular bonnóige, nominative plural bonnóga)

1. bannock, scone
2. topknot

   Synonym: cocán gruaige

Declension

Declension of bonnóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bonnóg bonnóga Vocative a bhonnóg a bhonnóga Genitive bonnóige bonnóg Dative bonnóg bonnóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhonnóg na bonnóga Genitive na bonnóige na mbonnóg Dative leis an mbonnóg don bhonnóg leis na bonnóga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bonnóg	bhonnóg	mbonnóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bonnóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN