tonóg

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps from tonn (“wave”) +‎ -óg. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic tunnag and Manx thunnag.

Noun

tonóg f (genitive singular tonóige, nominative plural tonóga)

  1. duck, Anatidae spp.

Declension

Declension of tonóg (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative tonóg tonóga
vocative a thonóg a thonóga
genitive tonóige tonóg
dative tonóg
tonóig (archaic, dialectal) 		tonóga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tonóg na tonóga
genitive na tonóige na dtonóg
dative leis an tonóg
leis an tonóig (archaic, dialectal)
don tonóg
don tonóig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na tonóga

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • grán tonóg (“common duckweed, Lemna minor”)
  • tonóg chladaigh (“stock, stock-gillyflower, Matthiola incana”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tonóg
radical lenition eclipsis
tonóg thonóg dtonóg

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

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “tonnóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1232; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tonóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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