coirceog

Irish

Etymology

From coirce (“oats”) +‎ -óg, from the similarity in shape.

Noun

coirceog f (genitive singular coirceoige, nominative plural coirceoga)

1. (conical) hive
2. cone

Declension

Declension of coirceog

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative coirceog coirceoga Vocative a choirceog a choirceoga Genitive coirceoige coirceog Dative coirceog coirceoga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an choirceog na coirceoga Genitive na coirceoige na gcoirceog Dative leis an gcoirceog don choirceog leis na coirceoga

Derived terms

• coirceog bheach
• coirceog chaolaigh
• coirceog ghaoithe
• coirceog lámhaigh
• coirceog mhóna
• coirceog reoiteoige
• coirceog shiúcra
• coirceogach
• coirceogacht
• teascadh coirceoige

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coirceog	choirceog	gcoirceog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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