fearnóg

Irish

Alternative forms

• fernocc, fernog (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish fern +‎ -óg (compare Scottish Gaelic feàrna, Manx farney), from Proto-Celtic *wernā (compare Welsh gwern).

Noun

fearnóg f (genitive singular fearnóige, nominative plural fearnóga)

1. alder tree

Declension

Declension of fearnóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fearnóg fearnóga Vocative a fhearnóg a fhearnóga Genitive fearnóige fearnóg Dative fearnóg fearnóig (archaic, dialectal) fearnóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhearnóg na fearnóga Genitive na fearnóige na bhfearnóg Dative leis an bhfearnóg leis an bhfearnóig (archaic, dialectal) don fhearnóg don fhearnóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na fearnóga

Derived terms

• cuil fhearnóige
• fearnóg ghlas
• fearnóg liath

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fearnóg	fhearnóg	bhfearnóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “fearnóg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fernóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fearnóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 305
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fearnóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN