bábóg

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Irish

Etymology

From báb (“baby”) +‎ -óg (diminutive).

Pronunciation

Noun

bábóg f (genitive singular bábóige, nominative plural bábóga)

  1. doll

Declension

Declension of bábóg (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative bábóg bábóga
vocative a bhábóg a bhábóga
genitive bábóige bábóg
dative bábóg
bábóig (archaic, dialectal) 		bábóga
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bhábóg na bábóga
genitive na bábóige na mbábóg
dative leis an mbábóg
leis an mbábóig (archaic, dialectal)
don bhábóg
don bhábóig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na bábóga

Mutation

Mutated forms of bábóg
radical lenition eclipsis
bábóg bhábóg mbábóg

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 371, page 126

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