snabóg

Irish

Etymology

From snab +‎ -óg.

Noun

snabóg f (genitive singular snabóige, nominative plural snabóga)

1. stub of candle
2. dip-candle

Declension

Declension of snabóg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative snabóg snabóga vocative a shnabóg a shnabóga genitive snabóige snabóg dative snabóg snabóig (archaic, dialectal) snabóga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tsnabóg na snabóga genitive na snabóige na snabóg dative leis an tsnabóg leis an tsnabóig (archaic, dialectal) don tsnabóg don tsnabóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na snabóga

Mutation

Mutated forms of snabóg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
snabóg	shnabóg after an, tsnabóg	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) “snabóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN