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faireog

faireog

Irish

Noun

faireog f ‎(genitive singular faireoige, nominative plural faireoga)

(anatomy, botany) gland

Declension

Declension of faireog

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	faireog	faireoga
Vocative	a fhaireog	a fhaireoga
Genitive	faireoige	faireog
Dative	faireog faireoig (archaic, dialectal)	faireoga

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fhaireog	na faireoga
Genitive	na faireoige	na bhfaireog
Dative	leis an bhfaireog leis an bhfaireoig (archaic, dialectal) don fhaireog don fhaireoig (archaic, dialectal)	leis na faireoga

Derived terms

Terms derived from faireog

faireog aidréineach ‎(“adrenal gland”)
faireog allais ‎(“sweat gland”)
faireog bhainne, faireog mhamach ‎(“mammary gland”)
faireog Cowper ‎(“Cowper's gland, bulbourethral gland”)
faireog dheorach ‎(“lacrimal gland”)
faireog gheireach ‎(“sebaceous gland”)
faireog hormónach, faireog inchríneach ‎(“endocrine gland”)

faireog limfe ‎(“lymph gland, lymph node”)
faireog mheala ‎(“nectary”)
faireog nimhe ‎(“poison gland”)
faireog osduánach ‎(“suprarenal gland”)
faireog pharaitíoróideach ‎(“parathyroid gland”)
faireog pharóitideach ‎(“parotid gland”)
faireog phinéalach ‎(“pineal gland”)

faireog phiotútach ‎(“pituitary gland, hypophysis”)
faireog phróstatach ‎(“prostate gland”)
faireog sheileach ‎(“salivary gland”)
faireog thímis ‎(“thymus gland”)
faireog thíoróideach ‎(“thyroid gland”)
fiabhras faireoige ‎(“glandular fever, infectious mononucleosis”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
faireog	fhaireog	bhfaireog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.