péacóg

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Irish

péacóg

Etymology

Borrowed from English peacock, modified to contain the suffix -óg.

Pronunciation

Noun

péacóg f (genitive singular péacóige, nominative plural péacóga)

  1. peacock, peafowl (bird)
  2. peacock butterfly
  3. (figurative) showily-dressed girl; dandified, vain, man

Declension

Declension of péacóg (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative péacóg péacóga
vocative a phéacóg a phéacóga
genitive péacóige péacóg
dative péacóg péacóga
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an phéacóg na péacóga
genitive na péacóige na bpéacóg
dative leis an bpéacóg
don phéacóg
leis na péacóga

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of péacóg
radical lenition eclipsis
péacóg phéacóg bpéacóg

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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