póg

See also: pog, POG, and pòg

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish póc,[1] from Latin (dare) pācem (to give peace) (originally a kiss as a sign of peace during a mass), via Brythonic.

Pronunciation

Noun

póg f (genitive singular póige, nominative plural póga)

  1. kiss

Declension

Declension of póg (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative póg póga
vocative a phóg a phóga
genitive póige póg
dative póg
póig (archaic, dialectal)
póga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an phóg na póga
genitive na póige na bpóg
dative leis an bpóg
leis an bpóig (archaic, dialectal)
don phóg
don phóig (archaic, dialectal)
leis na póga

Verb

póg (present analytic pógann, future analytic pógfaidh, verbal noun pógadh, past participle pógtha)

  1. (ambitransitive) kiss

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Yola: poage, poag, paug, paugh

Mutation

Mutated forms of póg
radical lenition eclipsis
póg phóg bpóg

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “póc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 14, page 10
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 212
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 359, page 123

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