donnóg

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See also: Donnóg, and donóg

Irish

Etymology

From donn (“brown”) +‎ -óg (diminutive noun suffix). In the sense of "chocolate snack cake", it represents a calque of English brownie.

Noun

donnóg f (genitive singular donnóige, nominative plural donnóga)

  1. hedge sparrow, dunnock
    Synonym: gealbhan bruaigh
  2. Synonym of donnán (“rockling; dingy skipper”)
  3. brownie (type of small chocolate cake)

Declension

Declension of donnóg

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative donnóg donnóga
Vocative a dhonnóg a dhonnóga
Genitive donnóige donnóg
Dative donnóg donnóga

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an donnóg na donnóga
Genitive na donnóige na ndonnóg
Dative leis an donnóg

don donnóg

leis na donnóga

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
donnóg dhonnóg ndonnóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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