Irish
Etymology
From scréach (“screech, shriek”) + -óg.
Noun
scréachóg f (genitive singular scréachóige, nominative plural scréachóga)
- jay (bird)
- (specifically) Eurasian jay, Garrulus glandarius
- any of certain other shrill-voiced birds; see Derived terms
Declension
Declension of scréachóg (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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scréachóg
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scréachóga
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| vocative
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a scréachóg
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a scréachóga
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| genitive
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scréachóige
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scréachóg
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| dative
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scréachóg scréachóig (archaic, dialectal)
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scréachóga
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an scréachóg
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na scréachóga
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| genitive
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na scréachóige
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na scréachóg
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| dative
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leis an scréachóg leis an scréachóig (archaic, dialectal) don scréachóg don scréachóig (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na scréachóga
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “scréaċóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 987; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “scréachóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN