Irish
Etymology
From gearr (“short”) + -óg.
Pronunciation
Noun
gearróg f (genitive singular gearróige, nominative plural gearróga)
- short bit, scrap
- short drill or furrow
- short straw
Declension
Declension of gearróg (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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gearróg
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gearróga
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| vocative
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a ghearróg
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a ghearróga
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| genitive
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gearróige
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gearróg
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| dative
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gearróg
gearróig (archaic, dialectal)
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gearróga
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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 ghearróg
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na gearróga
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| genitive
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na gearróige
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na ngearróg
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| dative
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leis an ngearróg
leis an ngearróig (archaic, dialectal)
don ghearróg
don ghearróig (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na gearróga
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Descendants
Mutation
Mutated forms of gearróg
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| gearróg
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ghearróg
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ngearróg
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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), “gearróg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 529; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gearróg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN