feag

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲaɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /fʲɨ̞ɡ/, /fʲəɯ̯/
• Homophone: feadh (some pronunciations)

Etymology 1

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Noun

feag f (genitive singular feaga, nominative plural feagacha)

1. (botany) rush

   Synonyms: luachair, blíneach

2. (music) reed

   Synonym: geocán

Declension

Declension of feag

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative feag feagacha Vocative a fheag a fheagacha Genitive feaga feagacha Dative feag feagacha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fheag na feagacha Genitive na feaga na bhfeagacha Dative leis an bhfeag don fheag leis na feagacha

Alternative forms

• feá

Derived terms

• feag dhúbailte (“double reed”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42

Etymology 2

Noun

feag f

1. Alternative form of eang (“track, gusset”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
feag	fheag	bhfeag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.