caróg

Irish

Alternative forms

  • coróg, crothóg, cruthóg[1]

Etymology

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Noun

caróg f (genitive singular caróige, nominative plural caróga)

  1. crow (Corvus spp.)
    Synonym: préachán
  2. (familiar) black-haired woman

Declension

Declension of caróg (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative caróg caróga
vocative a charóg a charóga
genitive caróige caróg
dative caróg
caróig (archaic, dialectal) 		caróga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an charóg na caróga
genitive na caróige na gcaróg
dative leis an gcaróg
leis an gcaróig (archaic, dialectal)
don charóg
don charóig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na caróga

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of caróg
radical lenition eclipsis
caróg charóg gcaróg

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

References

  1. ^ “caróg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “croṫóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 272; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caróg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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