riabhóg
Irish
Alternative forms
- réabhóg, riabhach
Etymology
From riabh (“stripe”) + -óg.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɾˠiəˈvˠoːɡ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɾˠiəwoːɡ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɾˠeːwɔɡ/, [ˈɾˠɛːwɔɡ][1] (corresponding to the form réabhóg)
Noun
riabhóg f (genitive singular riabhóige, nominative plural riabhóga)
- pipit (passerine bird from the genus Anthus)
- skylark (Alauda arvensis)
- Synonym: fuiseog
Declension
Declension of riabhóg
Second declension
Bare forms
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Derived terms
- riabhóg mhóna (“titlark, meadow pipit, Anthus pratensis”)
- riabhóg choille (“tree pipit, Anthus trivialis”)
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 35
Further reading
- “riabhóg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ríabóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “riaḃóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 567
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “riabhóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN