fáinleog

Irish

fáinleog

Alternative forms

• áilleog, áinleog, áinle, fáinle, fáinleoigín
• áinleóg, áinnle, fáinleóg, fáinnle, fáinnleog, fáinnleóg (superseded)

Etymology

From early modern Irish áinleóg, from Middle Irish áilleóc, fainleóc (compare Scottish Gaelic ainleag), a diminutive of Old Irish ainnel, fannall, from Proto-Celtic *wesnālā (“swallow”) (compare Welsh gwennol (“swallow, martin”), Cornish guennol, Breton gwenneli), from Proto-Celtic *wesrū (“spring”), from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”). By surface analysis, fáinle +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɯːnloːɡ/ (as if spelled faoinleog)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈaːn̠ʲl̠ʲɔɡ/ (corresponding to the form áinleog)

Noun

fáinleog f (genitive singular fáinleoige, nominative plural fáinleoga)

1. swallow (bird) Hirundo rustica

Declension

Declension of fáinleog

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fáinleog fáinleoga Vocative a fháinleog a fháinleoga Genitive fáinleoige fáinleog Dative fáinleog fáinleoig (archaic, dialectal) fáinleoga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fháinleog na fáinleoga Genitive na fáinleoige na bhfáinleog Dative leis an bhfáinleog leis an bhfáinleoig (archaic, dialectal) don fháinleog don fháinleoig (archaic, dialectal) leis na fáinleoga

Related terms

• fáinlearrach (“swallowtailed”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fáinleog	fháinleog	bhfáinleog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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