Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish cammóc. By surface analysis, cam + -óg.
Noun
camóg f (genitive singular camóige, nominative plural camóga)
- comma (punctuation mark)
- comma (butterfly)
- crook (specialized staff used by shepherds)
- Synonyms: crúca, bachall, caimín
- (generally) any hooked stick
- curl (curving lock of hair)
- Synonyms: cuach, coirnín
- ripple (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
- Synonym: cuilithín
- (fishing) gaff hook
- concave side of a scallop shell
Declension
Declension of camóg (second declension)
| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an chamóg
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na camóga
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| genitive
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na camóige
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na gcamóg
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| dative
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leis an gcamóg
leis an gcamóig (archaic, dialectal)
don chamóg
don chamóig (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na camóga
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Derived terms
- camógach
- camógaíocht
- camóg ara (“temple (of the head)”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of camóg
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| camóg
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chamóg
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gcamóg
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cammóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “camóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 112
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “camóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN