cluasóg

Irish

Etymology

From cluas (“ear; corner, margin”) +‎ -óg.

Noun

cluasóg f (genitive singular cluasóige, nominative plural cluasóga)

1. corner (as of field); grassy patch
2. lug
3. Alternative form of cluaisín

Declension

Declension of cluasóg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cluasóg cluasóga vocative a chluasóg a chluasóga genitive cluasóige cluasóg dative cluasóg cluasóig (archaic, dialectal) cluasóga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chluasóg na cluasóga genitive na cluasóige na gcluasóg dative leis an gcluasóg leis an gcluasóig (archaic, dialectal) don chluasóg don chluasóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na cluasóga

Mutation

Mutated forms of cluasóg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cluasóg	chluasóg	gcluasóg

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) “cluasóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cluasóg”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cluasóg”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025