lorga

Irish

Alternative forms

• lurga

Etymology

From Old Irish lurga. Cognate with Manx lurgey.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠɔɾˠəɡə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠʌɾˠəɡə/

Noun

lorga f (genitive singular lorga, nominative plural lorgaí)

1. shin (front part of the leg below the knee), shinbone, shank (lower part of the leg)
2. drumstick (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl)
3. cannon bone (metatarsal or metacarpal of a horse)
4. stem (above-ground stalk of a vascular plant, slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant, narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects)
5. stalk (stem or main axis of a plant)
6. staff (long, straight, thick rod or stick)
7. shaft (e.g. of a golf club)

Declension

Declension of lorga (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative lorga lorgaí vocative a lorga a lorgaí genitive lorga lorgaí dative lorga lorgaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an lorga na lorgaí genitive na lorga na lorgaí dative leis an lorga don lorga leis na lorgaí

Archaic declension:

Declension of lorga (fifth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative lorga luirgne vocative a lorga a luirgne genitive lorgan lorgan dative lorgain loirgnibh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an lorga na lurigne genitive na lorgan na lorgan dative leis an lorgain don lorgain leis na loirgnibh

Derived terms

• An Lorgain (“Lurgan”)

Further reading

• “lorga”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lurga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “lorga”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 446
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lorga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54