mónóg

Irish

Etymology

From móin (“turf, peat; bogland, moor”) +‎ -óg (diminutive ending).

Noun

mónóg f (genitive singular mónóige, nominative plural mónóga)

bogberry, cranberry (bush, fruit)
bead, drop

Declension

Declension of mónóg

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mónóg	mónóga
Vocative	a mhónóg	a mhónóga
Genitive	mónóige	mónóg
Dative	mónóg	mónóga

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an mhónóg	na mónóga
Genitive	na mónóige	na mónóg
Dative	leis an mónóg don mhónóg	leis na mónóga

Synonyms

(bush): tom mónóg

Derived terms

anlann mónóg (“cranberry sauce”)
mónógach (“full of bogberries”, adjective)
sú mónóg (“cranberry juice”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mónóg	mhónóg	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"mónóg" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“cranberry” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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