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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish fésóc, from fés (lip; body hair).[1] By surface analysis, féas +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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féasóg f (genitive singular féasóige, nominative plural féasóga)

  1. beard
    Synonyms: meigeall, ulcha

Declension

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Declension of féasóg (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative féasóg féasóga
vocative a fhéasóg a fhéasóga
genitive féasóige féasóg
dative féasóg
féasóig (archaic, dialectal)
féasóga
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fhéasóg na féasóga
genitive na féasóige na bhféasóg
dative leis an bhféasóg
leis an bhféasóig (archaic, dialectal)
don fhéasóg
don fhéasóig (archaic, dialectal)
leis na féasóga

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of féasóg
radical lenition eclipsis
féasóg fhéasóg bhféasóg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fésóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 207, page 104
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 112
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 155, page 60

Further reading

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