goirteog

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From goirt (bitter) +‎ -óg

Pronunciation

Noun

goirteog f (genitive singular goirteoige, nominative plural goirteoga)

  1. crabapple
    Synonym: fia-úll

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
goirteog ghoirteog ngoirteog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ goirteog”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97

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