maróg
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish maróc. A loanword from Old Norse. Compare Old Norse mǫrr (“fat, suet”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]maróg f (genitive singular maróige, nominative plural maróga)
- pudding
- paunch, spare tyre
- Synonym: blonag
- paunchy person
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- maróg aráin (“bread pudding”)
- maróg bhainne (“milk pudding”)
- maróg chuiríní (“spotted dick”)
- maróg gheire (“suet pudding”)
- maróg Nollag (“Christmas pudding”)
- maróg oighir (“ice-pudding”)
- maróg óil (“beer belly”)
- maróg phise (“pease-pudding”)
- maróg ríse (“rice pudding”)
- maróg rísíní (“plum pudding”)
- maróg shamhraidh (“summer pudding”)
- maróg sheimilín (“semolina pudding”)
- marógach (“paunchy, pot-bellied”, adjective)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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maróg | mharóg | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maróg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “maróg”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “maróg”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025