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cearc_fhraoigh

cearc fhraoigh

Irish

Noun

cearc fhraoigh f ‎(genitive singular circe fraoigh, nominative plural cearca fraoigh)

female red grouse

Declension

Declension of cearc fhraoigh

Second declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cearc fhraoigh	cearca fraoigh
Vocative	a chearc fhraoigh	a chearca fraoigh
Genitive	circe fraoigh	cearc fraoigh
Dative	cearc fhraoigh circ fhraoigh (archaic, dialectal)	cearca fraoigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an chearc fhraoigh	na cearca fraoigh
Genitive	na circe fraoigh	na gcearc fraoigh
Dative	leis an gcearc fhraoigh leis an gcirc fhraoigh (archaic, dialectal) don chearc fhraoigh don chirc fhraoigh (archaic, dialectal)	leis na cearca fraoigh

Coordinate terms

(sex): coileach fraoigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cearc fhraoigh	chearc fhraoigh	gcearc fhraoigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"cearc fhraoigh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.