ladhróg

Irish

Alternative forms

• ladharóg

Etymology

From ladhar +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɑi(ə)ˈɾˠoːɡ/

Noun

ladhróg f (genitive singular ladhróige, nominative plural ladhróga)

1. small fork
2. (railway, chiefly in the plural) switches, catch points

Declension

Declension of ladhróg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ladhróg ladhróga vocative a ladhróg a ladhróga genitive ladhróige ladhróg dative ladhróg ladhróig (archaic, dialectal) ladhróga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ladhróg na ladhróga genitive na ladhróige na ladhróg dative leis an ladhróg leis an ladhróig (archaic, dialectal) don ladhróg don ladhróig (archaic, dialectal) leis na ladhróga

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “laḋaróg; laḋróg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 413
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ladhróg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN