mabóg

Irish

Etymology

From now obsolete mab (“tassel”) +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmˠabˠoːɡ/

Noun

mabóg f (genitive singular mabóige, nominative plural mabóga)

  1. tassel

Declension

Declension of mabóg (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative mabóg mabóga
vocative a mhabóg a mhabóga
genitive mabóige mabóg
dative mabóg
mabóig (archaic, dialectal) 		mabóga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an mhabóg na mabóga
genitive na mabóige na mabóg
dative leis an mabóg
leis an mabóig (archaic, dialectal)
don mhabóg
don mhabóig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na mabóga

Synonyms

  • scothóg

Derived terms

  • mabógach

Descendants

  • →? Fingallian: madoge

Mutation

Mutated forms of mabóg
radical lenition eclipsis
mabóg mhabóg not applicable

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), “mabóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 690; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mabóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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