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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Old Irish ordu (“thumb, big toe”) + -óg.
Pronunciation
Noun
ordóg f (genitive singular ordóige, nominative plural ordóga)
- thumb; big toe
-
tā alt ə h-aurdōǵ ĺūntə.- [Tá alt a hordóige leonta.]
- Her thumb joint is sprained.
- claw, pincers (of a crustacean)
- bit, piece, fragment
Declension
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Derived terms
Related terms
- méar f or m (“digit; finger, toe; leg (of crustaceans, mollusks, etc.)”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| ordóg
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n-ordóg
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hordóg
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not applicable
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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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References
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ordóg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 16
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