aibreog

Irish

Etymology

From English apricot, apricock, abrecock (assimilated to the suffix -eog, from dialectal Catalan abrecoc, abercoc, variants of standard albercoc, from Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκία (berikokkía, “apricot tree”), from Ancient Greek πραικόκιον (praikókion), from Late Latin (persica) praecocia (literally “(peaches) which ripen early”), (mālum) praecoquum (literally “(apple) which ripens early”).

Noun

aibreog f (genitive singular aibreoige, nominative plural aibreoga)

1. apricot

Declension

Declension of aibreog

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aibreog aibreoga Vocative a aibreog a aibreoga Genitive aibreoige aibreog Dative aibreog aibreoig (archaic, dialectal) aibreoga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an aibreog na haibreoga Genitive na haibreoige na n-aibreog Dative leis an aibreog leis an aibreoig (archaic, dialectal) don aibreog don aibreoig (archaic, dialectal) leis na haibreoga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aibreog	n-aibreog	haibreog	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aibreog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN