eireog

eireog

Irish

Alternative forms

• eileog, éileog, éilín, éireog, eirín, éirín

Etymology

From Middle Irish eréne (“chick, pullet”) +‎ -óg, from a derivative of Proto-Celtic *yarā (whence Welsh iâr (“hen”) and Cornish/Breton yar), perhaps originally *ɸiɸeros if related to Latin pīpiō (“to cheep”) and Sanskrit पिप्पका (pippakā, “a species of bird”)[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic eireag.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈeːɾʲɔɡ/, [ˈei̯ɾʲɔɡ][2] (corresponding to the form éireog)

Noun

eireog f (genitive singular eireoige, nominative plural eireoga)

1. chick, pullet

Declension

Declension of eireog

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative eireog eireoga Vocative a eireog a eireoga Genitive eireoige eireog Dative eireog eireoig (archaic, dialectal) eireoga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an eireog na heireoga Genitive na heireoige na n-eireog Dative leis an eireog leis an eireoig (archaic, dialectal) don eireog don eireoig (archaic, dialectal) leis na heireoga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eireog	n-eireog	heireog	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*yaro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 434
2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 61

Further reading

• “eireog”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “eréne, éirín(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “éireog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 285
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “eireog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN