costóg

See also: costog

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos, “an aromatic plant”) +‎ -óg. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic costag (“chervil”).

Noun

costóg f (genitive singular costóige, nominative plural costóga)

  1. chervil (plant and herb)

Declension

Declension of costóg (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative costóg costóga
vocative a chostóg a chostóga
genitive costóige costóg
dative costóg
costóig (archaic, dialectal) 		costóga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chostóg na costóga
genitive na costóige na gcostóg
dative leis an gcostóg
leis an gcostóig (archaic, dialectal)
don chostóg
don chostóig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na costóga

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of costóg
radical lenition eclipsis
costóg chostóg gcostóg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • “costóg”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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