blióg

Irish

Alternative forms

  • bleitheog

Etymology

From the root of bleitheach (“fat person”) +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

Noun

blióg f (genitive singular blióige, nominative plural blióga)

  1. effeminate man, sissy
    Synonyms: piteog, Síle

Declension

Declension of blióg (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative blióg blióga
vocative a bhlióg a bhlióga
genitive blióige blióg
dative blióg
blióig (archaic, dialectal) 		blióga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhlióg na blióga
genitive na blióige na mblióg
dative leis an mblióg
leis an mblióig (archaic, dialectal)
don bhlióg
don bhlióig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na blióga

Mutation

Mutated forms of blióg
radical lenition eclipsis
blióg bhlióg mblióg

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 120, page 46

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “bleiṫeaċán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 102; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
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