bumbóg

Irish

Alternative forms

• bumbaí m

Etymology

Latin bombum (“bumblebee”) + -óg

Noun

bumbóg f (genitive singular bumbóige, nominative plural bumbóga)

1. bumblebee
2. busybody (of girl)

Declension

Declension of bumbóg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bumbóg bumbóga vocative a bhumbóg a bhumbóga genitive bumbóige bumbóg dative bumbóg bumbóig (archaic, dialectal) bumbóga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhumbóg na bumbóga genitive na bumbóige na mbumbóg dative leis an mbumbóg leis an mbumbóig (archaic, dialectal) don bhumbóg don bhumbóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na bumbóga

Synonyms

• beach fhiáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of bumbóg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bumbóg	bhumbóg	mbumbóg

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bumbóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN