féasóg

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fésóc, from fés (“lip; body hair”) (modern féas).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fʲeːsˠoːɡ/

Noun

féasóg f (genitive singular féasóige, nominative plural féasóga)

beard

Declension

Declension of féasóg

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	féasóg	féasóga
Vocative	a fhéasóg	a fhéasóga
Genitive	féasóige	féasóg
Dative	féasóg	féasóga

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fhéasóg	na féasóga
Genitive	na féasóige	na bhféasóg
Dative	leis an bhféasóg don fhéasóg	leis na féasóga

Synonyms

Derived terms

bruth féasóige (“stubble”) (of beard)
buta féasóige (“short beard”)
cab féasóige (“bearded lip; goatee”)
caibín féasóige (“goatee”)
clipe féasóige (“prickly beard”)
cluimhreach féasóige (“scrubby beard”)
coinleach féasóige, corrán féasóige, guaireach féasóige (“stubbly beard”)
coinlín féasóige (“stub of beard”)
féasógach (“bearded”)
féasóg bhréige (“false beard”)
giobarsach féasóige (“sparse growth of beard”)
ribe féasóige (“bristle of beard; bristly beard”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
féasóg	fhéasóg	bhféasóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"féasóg" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“fésóc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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