bumbóg

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latin bombum (“bumblebee”) + -óg

Noun

bumbóg f (genitive singular bumbóige, nominative plural bumbóga)

  1. bumblebee
  2. busybody (of girl)

Declension

Declension of bumbóg (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative bumbóg bumbóga
vocative a bhumbóg a bhumbóga
genitive bumbóige bumbóg
dative bumbóg
bumbóig (archaic, dialectal) 		bumbóga
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bhumbóg na bumbóga
genitive na bumbóige na mbumbóg
dative leis an mbumbóg
leis an mbumbóig (archaic, dialectal)
don bhumbóg
don bhumbóig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na bumbóga

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bumbóg
radical lenition eclipsis
bumbóg bhumbóg mbumbóg

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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