ordóg
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See also: ördög
Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Old Irish ordu (“thumb, big toe”) + -óg.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ordóg f (genitive singular ordóige, nominative plural ordóga)
- thumb; big toe
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 12:
- tā ə h-aurdōg bŕišcə.
- [Tá a hordóg briste.]
- Her thumb is broken.
- tā alt ə h-aurdōǵ ĺūntə.
- [Tá alt a hordóige leonta.]
- Her thumb joint is sprained.
- claw, pincers (of a crustacean)
- bit, piece, fragment
Declension[edit]
Declension of ordóg
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms[edit]
- (big toe): ordóg coise
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- méar f or m (“digit; finger, toe; leg (of crustaceans, mollusks, etc.)”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ordóg | n-ordóg | hordóg | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ordóg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 16
Further reading[edit]
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “órdóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 534
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ordóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN