coirceog

coirceog

Irish

Noun

coirceog f (genitive singular coircoige, nominative plural coirceoga)

1. (conical) hive
2. cone

Declension

Declension of coirceog

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative coirceog coirceoga Vocative a choirceog a choirceoga Genitive coirceoige coirceog Dative coirceog coirceoga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an choirceog na coirceoga Genitive na coirceoige na gcoirceog Dative leis an gcoirceog don choirceog leis na coirceoga

Derived terms

• coirceogach (“hive-shaped, conical”, adjective)
• coirceogacht (“conicity”)
• coirceog bheach (“beehive”)
• coirceog chaolaigh (“wicker beehive, skep”)
• coirceog ghaoithe (“wind-cone”)
• coirceog lámhaigh (“cone of fire”)
• coirceog mhóna (“heap of footed turf”)
• coirceog pháipéir (“paper cornet”)
• coirceog reoiteoige (“ice-cream cone”)
• coirceog shiúcra (“sugar-loaf”)
• teascadh coirceoige (“frustum of cone”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coirceog	choirceog	gcoirceog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "coirceog" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.