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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish fésóc, from fés (“lip; body hair”).[1] By surface analysis, féas + -óg.
Pronunciation
Noun
féasóg f (genitive singular féasóige, nominative plural féasóga)
- beard
- Synonyms: meigeall, ulcha
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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féasóg
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fhéasóg
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bhféasóg
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fésóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 207, page 104
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 112
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 155, page 60
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