bonnóg

Irish

Alternative forms

  • bannóg

Etymology

Possibly a reborrowing of English bannock, itself from a Goidelic word (compare Manx bonnag, Scottish Gaelic bonnach), possibly from Latin pānicum (“millet”). At any rate, suffixed with -óg.

Noun

bonnóg f (genitive singular bonnóige, nominative plural bonnóga)

  1. bannock, scone
  2. topknot

Declension

Declension of bonnóg (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bonnóg bonnóga
vocative a bhonnóg a bhonnóga
genitive bonnóige bonnóg
dative bonnóg
bonnóig (archaic, dialectal) 		bonnóga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhonnóg na bonnóga
genitive na bonnóige na mbonnóg
dative leis an mbonnóg
leis an mbonnóig (archaic, dialectal)
don bhonnóg
don bhonnóig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na bonnóga

Synonyms

  • cocán gruaige

Mutation

Mutated forms of bonnóg
radical lenition eclipsis
bonnóg bhonnóg mbonnóg

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

Further reading

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