-óg

See also: og, Og, OG, óg, òg, o. g., -og, and 'og

Irish

Alternative forms
  • -eog (used after a slender consonant)

Etymology

From Old Irish -óc (compare Scottish Gaelic -ag, Manx -ag), borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *-ọg, from Proto-Celtic *-ākos. Doublet of -ach.

Suffix

-óg f

  1. used to form diminutives of nouns, or substantive nouns out of nominal, verbal, or adjectival roots
    ‎ciar (“black”) + ‎-óg → ‎ciaróg (“beetle”)
    ‎leadhb (“strip”) + ‎-óg → ‎leadhbóg (“shred, tatter”)
    ‎milis (“sweet”) + ‎-óg → ‎milseog (“dessert”)
    ‎pit (“vulva, vagina”) + ‎-óg → ‎piteog (“effeminate man, sissy, queer”)
    ‎reoite (“frozen”) + ‎-óg → ‎reoiteog (“ice cream”)
    ‎scréach (“screech”) + ‎-óg → ‎scréachóg (“jay”)
    ‎straois (“grin, grimace”) + ‎-óg → ‎straoiseog (“smiley, emoticon”)

Declension
Declension of -óg

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative -óg -óga
Vocative a -óg a -óga
Genitive -óige -óg
Dative -óg -óga

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an -óg na -óga
Genitive na -óige na -óg
Dative leis an -óg

don -óg

 leis na -óga

Derived terms
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