Irish
Etymology
From ciabh + -óg. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic ciabhag.
Noun
ciabhóg f (genitive singular ciabhóige, nominative plural ciabhóga)
- lock, tress
Declension
Declension of ciabhóige (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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ciabhóige
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ciabhóigea
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| vocative
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a chiabhóige
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a chiabhóigea
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| genitive
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ciabhóga
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ciabhóige
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| dative
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ciabhóige
ciabhóig (archaic, dialectal)
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ciabhóigea
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| 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 chiabhóige
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na ciabhóigea
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| genitive
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na ciabhóga
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na gciabhóige
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| dative
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leis an gciabhóige
leis an gciabhóig (archaic, dialectal)
don chiabhóige
don chiabhóig (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na ciabhóigea
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Mutation
Mutated forms of ciabhóg
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| ciabhóg
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chiabhóg
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gciabhóg
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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.
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “ciaḃóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 187; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ciabhóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN