tunnag

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Compare Irish tonnóg and Manx thunnag.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰun̪ˠak/

Noun

tunnag f (genitive singular tunnaige, plural tunnagan)

  1. duck

Declension
Declension of tunnag (class IIa feminine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative tunnag tunnagan
Genitive tunnaige, tunnaig thunnag
Dative tunnaig tunnagan; tunnagaibh*
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (an) tunnag (na) tunnagan
Genitive (na) tunnaige, tunnaig (nan) tunnag
Dative (an) tunnaig (na) tunnagan; tunnagaibh*
Vocative (a) thunnag (a) thunnaga

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
tunnagthunnag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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