taespúnóg

Irish

Etymology

From tae (“tea”) +‎ spúnóg (“spoon”).

Noun

taespúnóg f (genitive singular taespúnoige, nominative plural taespúnóga)

1. tea-spoon

   Synonym: spúnóg bheag

Declension

Declension of taespúnóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative taespúnóg taespúnóga Vocative a thaespúnóg a thaespúnóga Genitive taespúnóige taespúnóg Dative taespúnóg taespúnóig (archaic, dialectal) taespúnóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an taespúnóg na taespúnóga Genitive na taespúnóige na dtaespúnóg Dative leis an taespúnóg leis an taespúnóig (archaic, dialectal) don taespúnóg don taespúnóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na taespúnóga

Derived terms

• lán taespúnóige m (“teaspoonful”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
taespúnóg	thaespúnóg	dtaespúnóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taespúnóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “taespúnóg”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “taespúnóg”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024