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Irish
Etymology
From riabh (“stripe”) + -óg.
Pronunciation
Noun
riabhóg f (genitive singular riabhóige, nominative plural riabhóga)
- pipit (passerine bird from the genus Anthus)
- skylark (Alauda arvensis)
- Synonym: fuiseog
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ “riabhóg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 205, page 103
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 86, page 35
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ríabóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “riaḃóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 567
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “riabhóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN