-óg

See also: Appendix:Variations of "og"

Irish

Alternative forms

• -eog (used after a slender consonant)
• -óig, -eoig (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Old Irish -óc (compare Scottish Gaelic -ag, Manx -ag), borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *-ọg, from Proto-Celtic *-ākos. Doublet of -ach. Not related to óg (“young”).

Suffix

-óg f

1. used to form diminutives of nouns, or substantive nouns out of nominal, verbal, or adjectival roots

   ‎ciar (“black”) + ‎-óg → ‎ciaróg (“beetle”)

   ‎leadhb (“strip”) + ‎-óg → ‎leadhbóg (“shred, tatter”)

   ‎milis (“sweet”) + ‎-óg → ‎milseog (“dessert”)

   ‎pit (“vulva, vagina”) + ‎-óg → ‎piteog (“effeminate man, sissy, queer”)

   ‎reoite (“frozen”) + ‎-óg → ‎reoiteog (“ice cream”)

   ‎scréach (“screech”) + ‎-óg → ‎scréachóg (“jay”)

   ‎straois (“grin, grimace”) + ‎-óg → ‎straoiseog (“smiley, emoticon”)

Declension

Declension of -óg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative -óg -óga Vocative a -óg a -óga Genitive -óige -óg Dative -óg -óig (archaic, dialectal) -óga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an -óg na -óga Genitive na -óige na -óg Dative leis an -óg leis an -óig (archaic, dialectal) don -óg don -óig (archaic, dialectal) leis na -óga

Derived terms

Irish terms suffixed with -óg

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ogъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ok/

Suffix

-óg m

1. (no longer productive) denominal, forming attributive nouns
2. (no longer productive) deadjectival, forming attributive nouns

Derived terms

Category Kashubian terms suffixed with -óg not found

Old Polish

Alternative forms

• -og

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ogъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /ɔːk/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ok/

Suffix

-óg m

1. (no longer productive) denominal, forming attributive nouns

   pir (“fest, party”) → pirog (“type of pie”)

   twarz (“creation”) → twaróg (“quark”)

2. (no longer productive) deadjectival, forming attributive nouns

   ostry (“sharp”) → ostróg (“spike”)

Derived terms

Category Old Polish terms suffixed with -óg not found

Descendants

• Polish: -óg

Polish

Alternative forms

• -og

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish -óg.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /uk/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ok/

• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Suffix

-óg m

1. (no longer productive) denominal, forming attributive nouns
2. (no longer productive) deadjectival, forming attributive nouns

   ostry (“sharp”) → ostróg (“spike”)

Derived terms

Category Polish terms suffixed with -óg not found