bachlóg

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish bachlóc (glossed, in Latin, monaculum), from bachall (“staff, crozier, pastoral staff”).

Noun

bachlóg f (genitive singular bachlóige, nominative plural bachlóga)

  1. (botany) bud, sprout

Declension

Declension of bachlóg (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bachlóg bachlóga
vocative a bhachlóg a bhachlóga
genitive bachlóige bachlóg
dative bachlóg bachlóga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhachlóg na bachlóga
genitive na bachlóige na mbachlóg
dative leis an mbachlóg
don bhachlóg 		leis na bachlóga

Derived terms

  • bachlóg a bheith ar do theanga (“to be indistinct of speech”)
  • bachlóg Bhruiséile f (“Brussels sprout”)
  • bachlógach (“sprouting; indistinct”, adjective)
  • taobh-bhachlóg f (“lateral bud”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bachlóg
radical lenition eclipsis
bachlóg bhachlóg mbachlóg

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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