tortóg

Irish

Alternative forms

  • turtóg, túrtóg

Etymology

From Middle Irish tort (“loaf, cake”) (from Latin torta) + -óg.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈtuːrtɔɡ/[1] (corresponding to the form túrtóg)

Noun

tortóg f (genitive singular tortóige, nominative plural tortóga)

  1. hummock
  2. tussock
    Synonym: tom

Declension

Declension of tortóg (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative tortóg tortóga
vocative a thortóg a thortóga
genitive tortóige tortóg
dative tortóg
tortóig (archaic, dialectal) 		tortóga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tortóg na tortóga
genitive na tortóige na dtortóg
dative leis an tortóg
leis an tortóig (archaic, dialectal)
don tortóg
don tortóig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na tortóga

Mutation

Mutated forms of tortóg
radical lenition eclipsis
tortóg thortóg dtortóg

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, page 20

Further reading

  • “tortóg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “turtóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 767
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tortóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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