taespúnóg

Irish

Etymology

From tae (“tea”) +‎ spúnóg (“spoon”).

Noun

taespúnóg f (genitive singular taespúnoige, nominative plural taespúnóga)

1. tea-spoon

   Synonym: spúnóg bheag

Declension

Declension of taespúnóg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative taespúnóg taespúnóga vocative a thaespúnóg a thaespúnóga genitive taespúnóige taespúnóg dative taespúnóg taespúnóig (archaic, dialectal) taespúnóga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an taespúnóg na taespúnóga genitive na taespúnóige na dtaespúnóg dative leis an taespúnóg leis an taespúnóig (archaic, dialectal) don taespúnóg don taespúnóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na taespúnóga

Derived terms

• lán taespúnóige m (“teaspoonful”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of taespúnóg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
taespúnóg	thaespúnóg	dtaespúnóg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taespúnóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “taespúnóg”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “taespúnóg”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024