glasóg

Irish

Etymology

From glas (“green”) +‎ -óg

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlˠasˠoːɡ/, /ˈɡl̪ˠasˠoːɡ/

Noun

glasóg f (genitive singular glasóige, nominative plural glasóga)

1. wagtail, Motacilla
   1. (specifically) pied wagtail, water wagtail, M. alba yarrellii
2. pollack, Pollachius
   1. (specifically) coalfish, P. virens

Declension

Declension of glasóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative glasóg glasóga Vocative a ghlasóg a ghlasóga Genitive glasóige glasóg Dative glasóg glasóig (archaic, dialectal) glasóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghlasóg na glasóga Genitive na glasóige na nglasóg Dative leis an nglasóg leis an nglasóig (archaic, dialectal) don ghlasóg don ghlasóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na glasóga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
glasóg	ghlasóg	nglasóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “glasóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 368
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “glasóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN