mónóg

Irish

Etymology

From móin (“turf, peat; bogland, moor”) +‎ -óg (diminutive ending).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠoːˈn̪ˠoːɡ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠoːnˠoːɡ/, /ˈmˠuːnˠoːɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɔːnˠaɡ/

Noun

mónóg f (genitive singular mónóige, nominative plural mónóga)

1. bogberry, cranberry (bush, fruit)
2. bead, drop

   Synonym: boilgeog

Declension

Declension of mónóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative mónóg mónóga Vocative a mhónóg a mhónóga Genitive mónóige mónóg Dative mónóg mónóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhónóg na mónóga Genitive na mónóige na mónóg Dative leis an mónóg don mhónóg leis na mónóga

Synonyms

• (bush): tom mónóg

Derived terms

• anlann mónóg (“cranberry sauce”)
• mónógach (“full of bogberries”, adjective)
• sú mónóg (“cranberry juice”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mónóg	mhónóg	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mónóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “cranberry”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024