bídeog

Irish

Etymology

Related to bídeach but with the suffix -óg.

Noun

bídeog f (genitive singular bídeoige, nominative plural bídeoga)

  1. tiny thing
  2. (by extension) G-string

Declension

Declension of bídeog (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bídeog bídeoga
vocative a bhídeog a bhídeoga
genitive bídeoige bídeog
dative bídeog
bídeoig (archaic, dialectal) 		bídeoga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhídeog na bídeoga
genitive na bídeoige na mbídeog
dative leis an mbídeog
leis an mbídeoig (archaic, dialectal)
don bhídeog
don bhídeoig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na bídeoga

Mutation

Mutated forms of bídeog
radical lenition eclipsis
bídeog bhídeog mbídeog

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bídeog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “bídeog”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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