ardóg

Irish

Etymology 1

Noun

ardóg f (genitive singular ardóige, nominative plural ardóga)

1. Alternative form of ordóg (“thumb; claw, pincers; bit, piece, fragment”)

Etymology 2

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Noun

ardóg f (genitive singular ardóige, nominative plural ardóga)

1. upper (stimulant)

Declension

Declension of ardóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ardóg ardóga Vocative a ardóg a ardóga Genitive ardóige ardóg Dative ardóg ardóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ardóg na hardóga Genitive na hardóige na n-ardóg Dative leis an ardóg don ardóg leis na hardóga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ardóg	n-ardóg	hardóg	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ardóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “upper”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024