geabhróg

Irish

geabhróg

Noun

geabhróg f (genitive singular geabhróige, nominative plural geabhróga)

common tern, taring (Sterna hirundo)
Synonym: scréachóg thrá

Derived terms

Terms derived from geabhróg

geabhróg Artach (“Arctic tern”)
geabhróg bheag (“little tern”)

geabhróg dhubh (“black tern”)
geabhróg rósach (“roseate tern, rosy tern”)

geabhróg scothdhubh (“sandwich tern”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
geabhróg	gheabhróg	ngeabhróg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"geabhróg" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “geabhróg” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Entries containing “geabhróg” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

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