fáinleog

Irish
fáinleog

Alternative forms
  • áinleog
  • fáinle

Etymology

From early modern Irish áinleóg, from Middle Irish áilleóc, fainleóc (compare Scottish Gaelic ainleag), a diminutive of Old Irish ainnel, fannall, from Proto-Celtic *wesnālā (“swallow”) (compare Welsh gwennol (“swallow, martin”), Cornish guennol, Breton gwenneli), from Proto-Celtic *wesr-/wesn- (“spring”), from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”).

Noun

fáinleog f (genitive singular fáinleoige, nominative plural fáinleoga)

  1. swallow (bird)

Declension
Declension of fáinleog

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fáinleog fáinleoga
Vocative a fháinleog a fháinleoga
Genitive fáinleoige fáinleog
Dative fáinleog fáinleoga

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fháinleog na fáinleoga
Genitive na fáinleoige na bhfáinleog
Dative leis an bhfáinleog

don fháinleog

 leis na fáinleoga

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fáinleog fháinleog bhfáinleog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "fáinleog" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “áilleóc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “fainleóc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “ainnel” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “fannall” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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