caróg

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

caróg f (genitive singular caróige, nominative plural caróga)

1. crow

   Synonym: préachán

2. (familiar) black-haired woman

Declension

Declension of caróg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative caróg caróga vocative a charóg a charóga genitive caróige caróg dative caróg caróig (archaic, dialectal) caróga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an charóg na caróga genitive na caróige na gcaróg dative leis an gcaróg leis an gcaróig (archaic, dialectal) don charóg don charóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na caróga

Derived terms

• caróg liath (“hooded crow, hoodie”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of caróg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
caróg	charóg	gcaróg

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) “caróg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN