copóg

copóg

Irish

Alternative forms

• copógach f

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈpˠoːɡ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔpˠoːɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔpˠɔɡ/

Noun

copóg f (genitive singular copóige, nominative plural copóga)

1. large leaf
2. dock (any plant in genus Rumex)

   Neantóg a dhóigh mé, copóg a leigheas mé.

   A nettle burns me, a dock heals me.

3. large ear

Declension

Declension of copóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative copóg copóga Vocative a chopóg a chopóga Genitive copóige copóg Dative copóg copóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chopóg na copóga Genitive na copóige na gcopóg Dative leis an gcopóg don chopóg leis na copóga

Derived terms

• copóg an chroí (“auricle of heart”)
• copóg shleamhain (“medicinal dock(-leaf) (Rumex crispus)”)
• copóg shráide (“common dock”)
• copóg thuathail (“burdock (Arctium spp.)”)
• copóg uisce (“water dock (Rumex hydrolapathum)”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
copóg	chopóg	gcopóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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