maróg

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish maróc. A loanword from Old Norse. Compare Old Norse mǫrr (“fat, suet”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠəˈɾˠoːɡ/

Noun

maróg f (genitive singular maróige, nominative plural maróga)

1. pudding
2. paunch, spare tyre

   Synonym: blonag

3. paunchy person

Declension

Declension of maróg (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative maróg maróga vocative a mharóg a mharóga genitive maróige maróg dative maróg maróga forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an mharóg na maróga genitive na maróige na maróg dative leis an maróg don mharóg leis na maróga

Derived terms

• 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

Mutated forms of maróg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
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

• 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