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) apricot ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === References === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aibreog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN