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póg

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See also: pog, POG, and pòg

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish póc,[1] from Latin (dare) pācem (to give peace) (originally a kiss as a sign of peace during a mass), via Brythonic.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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póg f (genitive singular póige, nominative plural póga)

  1. kiss

Declension

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Declension of póg (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative póg póga
vocative a phóg a phóga
genitive póige póg
dative póg
póig (archaic, dialectal)
póga
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an phóg na póga
genitive na póige na bpóg
dative leis an bpóg
leis an bpóig (archaic, dialectal)
don phóg
don phóig (archaic, dialectal)
leis na póga

Verb

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póg (present analytic pógann, future analytic pógfaidh, verbal noun pógadh, past participle pógtha)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) kiss

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Yola: poage, poag, paug, paugh

Mutation

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Mutated forms of póg
radical lenition eclipsis
póg phóg bpóg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “póc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 359, page 123

Further reading

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