tortóg

Irish

Alternative forms

• turtóg, túrtóg

Etymology

From Middle Irish tort (“loaf, cake”) (from Latin torta) + -óg.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtuːrtɔɡ/ (corresponding to the form túrtóg)

Noun

tortóg f (genitive singular tortóige, nominative plural tortóga)

1. hummock
2. tussock

   Synonym: tom

Declension

Declension of tortóg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tortóg tortóga vocative a thortóg a thortóga genitive tortóige tortóg dative tortóg tortóig (archaic, dialectal) tortóga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tortóg na tortóga genitive na tortóige na dtortóg dative leis an tortóg leis an tortóig (archaic, dialectal) don tortóg don tortóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na tortóga

Mutation

Mutated forms of tortóg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tortóg	thortóg	dtortóg

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

Further reading

• “tortóg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “turtóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 767
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tortóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN