beachóg

beachóg

Irish

Etymology

beach +‎ -óg

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲaxaɡ/, /ˈbʲaxɔɡ/[1]

Noun

beachóg f (genitive singular beachóige, nominative plural beachóga)

1. (Ulster) Synonym of beach (“bee”)

Declension

Declension of beachóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative beachóg beachóga Vocative a bheachóg a bheachóga Genitive beachóige beachóg Dative beachóg beachóig (archaic, dialectal) beachóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bheachóg na beachóga Genitive na beachóige na mbeachóg Dative leis an mbeachóg leis an mbeachóig (archaic, dialectal) don bheachóg don bheachóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na beachóga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beachóg	bheachóg	mbeachóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “beaċóg” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 58.

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 58.