bánóg

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Irish

Etymology

From bán (white) +‎ -óg (diminutive suffix).

Noun

bánóg f (genitive singular bánóige, nominative plural bánóga)

  1. white (butterfly of the subfamily Pierinaews)
  2. (golf) fairway

Declension

Declension of bánóg (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative bánóg bánóga
vocative a bhánóg a bhánóga
genitive bánóige bánóg
dative bánóg
bánóig (archaic, dialectal)
bánóga
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bhánóg na bánóga
genitive na bánóige na mbánóg
dative leis an mbánóg
leis an mbánóig (archaic, dialectal)
don bhánóg
don bhánóig (archaic, dialectal)
leis na bánóga

Hyponyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bánóg
radical lenition eclipsis
bánóg bhánóg mbánóg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.