péacóg

Irish

péacóg

Etymology

Borrowed from English peacock, modified to contain the suffix -óg.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲeːkoːɡ/

Noun

péacóg f (genitive singular péacóige, nominative plural péacóga)

1. peacock, peafowl (bird)
2. peacock butterfly
3. (figurative) showily-dressed girl; dandified, vain, man

Declension

Declension of péacóg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative péacóg péacóga vocative a phéacóg a phéacóga genitive péacóige péacóg dative péacóg péacóga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an phéacóg na péacóga genitive na péacóige na bpéacóg dative leis an bpéacóg don phéacóg leis na péacóga

Derived terms

• cearc phéacóige (“pea-hen”)
• coileach péacóige (“peacock”)
• péacógach (“showily dressed; dandified, vain”, adjective)
• sicín péacóige (“pea-chick”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of péacóg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
péacóg	phéacóg	bpéacóg

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) “péacóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “péacóg”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “péacóg”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025