scóig

Irish

Alternative forms

• sgóig (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /sˠkoːɟ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠkɔːɟ/

Noun

scóig f (genitive singular scóige, nominative plural scóigeanna)

1. neck (of a bottle, of land, etc.), throat (of a vessel)
2. throttle (valve)

Declension

Declension of scóig (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative scóig scóigeanna vocative a scóig a scóigeanna genitive scóige scóigeanna dative scóig scóigeanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an scóig na scóigeanna genitive na scóige na scóigeanna dative leis an scóig don scóig leis na scóigeanna

See also

• muineál (“neck of the body”)

Further reading

• “scóig”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “scóig”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 612
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scóig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN