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English
Etymology 1
Noun
og (plural ogs)
- Initialism of own goal.
Etymology 2
og
- (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
- 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
- and
Adverb
og
- (archaic, dialect) also
- Synonym: også
Elfdalian
Etymology
From Old Norse ok, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognate with Swedish och.
Conjunction
og
- and
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse ok.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
og
- and
- Hanus og Janus
- Hans and Jens
- her og har
- here and there
See also
Gothic
Romanization
ōg
- Romanization of 𐍉𐌲
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse ok.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
og
- 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
- 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
- and
References
- “og” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse ok.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
og
- and
References
- “og” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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)
- egg
- (anatomy) testicle
Declension
Neuter s-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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Nominative
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ogN
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ogN
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ugaeL
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Vocative
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ogN
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ogN
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ugaeL
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Accusative
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ogN
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ogN
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ugaeL
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Genitive
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ugaeL
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ugae
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ugaeN
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Dative
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uigL
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ugaib
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ugaib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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og
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unchanged
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n-og
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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