mabóg

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmˠabˠoːɡ/

Noun

mabóg f (genitive singular mabóige, nominative plural mabóga)

1. tassel

Declension

Declension of mabóg (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative mabóg mabóga vocative a mhabóg a mhabóga genitive mabóige mabóg dative mabóg mabóig (archaic, dialectal) mabóga forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an mhabóg na mabóga genitive na mabóige na mabóg dative leis an mabóg leis an mabóig (archaic, dialectal) don mhabóg don mhabóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na mabóga

Descendants

• →? Fingallian: madoge

Further reading

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