bábóg

Irish

Etymology

From báb (“baby”) +‎ -óg (diminutive).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠabˠɔɡ/ (as if spelled babóg)

Noun

bábóg f (genitive singular bábóige, nominative plural bábóga)

1. doll

Declension

Declension of bábóg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bábóg bábóga vocative a bhábóg a bhábóga genitive bábóige bábóg dative bábóg bábóig (archaic, dialectal) bábóga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhábóg na bábóga genitive na bábóige na mbábóg dative leis an mbábóg leis an mbábóig (archaic, dialectal) don bhábóg don bhábóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na bábóga

Mutation

Mutated forms of bábóg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bábóg	bhábóg	mbábóg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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