Irish
Etymology
From caol (“slender part”) + -óg (diminutive suffix).
Noun
caológ f (genitive singular caolóige, nominative plural caológa)
- diminutive of caol (“strait, channel”)
- meadow adjoining a river
- osier bed
Declension
Declension of caológ (second declension)
| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an chaológ
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na caológa
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| genitive
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na caolóige
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na gcaológ
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| dative
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leis an gcaológ
leis an gcaolóig (archaic, dialectal)
don chaológ
don chaolóig (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na caológa
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Derived terms
- caológ riabhach (“meadow pipit”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of caológ
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| caológ
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chaológ
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gcaológ
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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