blióg

Irish

Alternative forms

• bleitheog

Etymology

From the root of bleitheach (“fat person”) +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲlʲi.ɔɡ/

Noun

blióg f (genitive singular blióige, nominative plural blióga)

1. effeminate man, sissy

   Synonyms: piteog, Síle

Declension

Declension of blióg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative blióg blióga vocative a bhlióg a bhlióga genitive blióige blióg dative blióg blióig (archaic, dialectal) blióga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhlióg na blióga genitive na blióige na mblióg dative leis an mblióg leis an mblióig (archaic, dialectal) don bhlióg don bhlióig (archaic, dialectal) leis na blióga

Mutation

Mutated forms of blióg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
blióg	bhlióg	mblióg

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) “blióg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46