camóg

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cammóc. By surface analysis, cam +‎ -óg.

Noun

camóg f (genitive singular camóige, nominative plural camóga)

  1. comma (punctuation mark)
  2. comma (butterfly)
  3. crook (specialized staff used by shepherds)
    Synonyms: crúca, bachall, caimín
  4. (generally) any hooked stick
  5. curl (curving lock of hair)
    Synonyms: cuach, coirnín
  6. ripple (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
    Synonym: cuilithín
  7. (fishing) gaff hook
  8. concave side of a scallop shell

Declension

Declension of camóg (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative camóg camóga
vocative a chamóg a chamóga
genitive camóige camóg
dative camóg
camóig (archaic, dialectal) 		camóga
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chamóg na camóga
genitive na camóige na gcamóg
dative leis an gcamóg
leis an gcamóig (archaic, dialectal)
don chamóg
don chamóig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na camóga

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of camóg
radical lenition eclipsis
camóg chamóg gcamóg

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

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