miotóg

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From English mitt or mitten + -óg. Compare Scottish Gaelic miotag.

Noun

miotóg f (genitive singular miotóige, nominative plural miotóga)

  1. mitten
  2. glove
Declension
Declension of miotóg (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative miotóg miotóga
vocative a mhiotóg a mhiotóga
genitive miotóige miotóg
dative miotóg
miotóig (archaic, dialectal)
miotóga
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an mhiotóg na miotóga
genitive na miotóige na miotóg
dative leis an miotóg
leis an miotóig (archaic, dialectal)
don mhiotóg
don mhiotóig (archaic, dialectal)
leis na miotóga
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From miotaigh +‎ -óg.

Noun

miotóg f (genitive singular miotóige, nominative plural miotóga)

  1. (little) pinch, little bite, little bit
    Synonym: liomóg
Declension
Declension of miotóg (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative miotóg miotóga
vocative a mhiotóg a mhiotóga
genitive miotóige miotóg
dative miotóg
miotóig (archaic, dialectal)
miotóga
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an mhiotóg na miotóga
genitive na miotóige na miotóg
dative leis an miotóg
leis an miotóig (archaic, dialectal)
don mhiotóg
don mhiotóig (archaic, dialectal)
leis na miotóga

Mutation

Mutated forms of miotóg
radical lenition eclipsis
miotóg mhiotóg 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) “miotóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • gauntlet”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • glove”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • mitt”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • mitten”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “miotóg”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • miotóg”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024