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English

Etymology 1

Noun

og (plural ogs)

  1. Initialism of own goal.

Etymology 2

og

  1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of organize and related forms of that word (organized, organizes, organizing, organizer, organizable, organization, organizational, organizationally, etc.)

Anagrams

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Article

og

  1. Indefinite article, used as object marker for nouns other than personal names.
    Nagluto ko og bugas.
    I am cooking rice.

See also

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ok (and, also), from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognate with Swedish och (and), ock (also), Dutch ook (also), and German auch (also).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): ,

Conjunction

og

  1. and

Adverb

og

  1. (archaic, dialect) also
    Synonym: også

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse ok, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognate with Swedish och.

Conjunction

og

  1. and

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ok.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oː/,
  • Homophones: ov (‘too’)

Conjunction

og

  1. and
    Hanus og Janus
    Hans and Jens
    her og har
    here and there

See also

Gothic

Romanization

ōg

  1. Romanization of 𐍉𐌲

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ok.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

og

  1. and
    Kona og maður.
    A woman and a man.
    Ég heiti Baldur og þetta er Jón.
    My name is Baldur and this is Jón.

Derived terms

Kunjen

Noun

og

  1. water

References

  • Australian Languages: Classification and the comparative method (2004, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ok (and), from earlier auk (and), from Proto-Germanic *auk (also, too, furthermore), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (to increase, enlarge).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

og

  1. and

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ok.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

og

  1. and

References

Old Irish

Etymology

Uncertain. Originally a neuter s-stem, perhaps *ugos. Apparently not from Proto-Celtic *āuyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Perhaps connected to 'óg' ('young')

Pronunciation

Noun

og n or m or f (genitive ugae, nominative plural ugae)

  1. egg
  2. (anatomy) testicle

Declension

Neuter s-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ogN ogN ugaeL
Vocative ogN ogN ugaeL
Accusative ogN ogN ugaeL
Genitive ugaeL ugae ugaeN
Dative uigL ugaib ugaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: ubh
  • Manx: ooh
  • Scottish Gaelic: ugh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
og unchanged n-og
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.