-óg

-óg

See also: og, Og, OG, óg, òg, o. g., -og, and 'og

Irish

Alternative forms

• -eog (used after a slender consonant)

Etymology

From Old Irish -óc (compare Scottish Gaelic -ag, Manx -ag), borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *-ọg, from Proto-Celtic *-ākos. Doublet of -ach.

Suffix

-óg f

1. used to form diminutives of nouns, or substantive nouns out of nominal, verbal, or adjectival roots

   ‎ciar (“black”) + ‎-óg → ‎ciaróg (“beetle”)

   ‎leadhb (“strip”) + ‎-óg → ‎leadhbóg (“shred, tatter”)

   ‎milis (“sweet”) + ‎-óg → ‎milseog (“dessert”)

   ‎pit (“vulva, vagina”) + ‎-óg → ‎piteog (“effeminate man, sissy, queer”)

   ‎reoite (“frozen”) + ‎-óg → ‎reoiteog (“ice cream”)

   ‎scréach (“screech”) + ‎-óg → ‎scréachóg (“jay”)

   ‎straois (“grin, grimace”) + ‎-óg → ‎straoiseog (“smiley, emoticon”)

Declension

Declension of -óg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative -óg -óga Vocative a -óg a -óga Genitive -óige -óg Dative -óg -óga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an -óg na -óga Genitive na -óige na -óg Dative leis an -óg don -óg leis na -óga

Derived terms

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